The Two-State Delusion?
Palestinian leaders have used it as a convenient ruse.
February 14, 2017
Palestinian leaders have used it as a convenient ruse.
Conventional wisdom—whether in Riyadh or Washington, Brussels or Jerusalem—insists that the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel (or, more precisely, on both sides of it) is the one tenable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Therefore, writes Joel Fishman, it’s worth noting that the PLO’s leaders came to the idea not as a goal, but as a ruse—inspired by North Vietnam:
Palestinian leaders have used it as a convenient ruse.
Warm remarks. Hugs. Firm commitments. And then, back to “studying” and “thinking.”
An anti-American worldview combined with a strategy based on terror and repression.
Including the oldest one extant.
He believed he was following a divine mission.
Conventional wisdom—whether in Riyadh or Washington, Brussels or Jerusalem—insists that the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel (or, more precisely, on both sides of it) is the one tenable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Therefore, writes Joel Fishman, it’s worth noting that the PLO’s leaders came to the idea not as a goal, but as a ruse—inspired by North Vietnam:
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