Thoughts on this Op-Ed comment Re: Israel / Palestine
This seems quite well thought out to me but a lot of it is over my head with my limited knowledge of the issue. I am interested in seeing a discussion over it. Pros and Cons :
Paul
Long island 9 hours ago
As an American of Jewish background whose family lost hundreds in the Holocaust, my heart goes out to ALL innocent victims of this latest round of trauma and tears in the troubled history of Israel and Palestine. Blame and finger-pointing have only led to more conflict and death for the past 67 years. You are right in saying that there can be peace "[w]without two states." It's time for the U.N. to implement the rest of Resolution 181 and establish a demilitarized State of Palestine in the West Bank under PLO control which recognizes Israel's right to exist before Hamas or an even more radical ISIS-like group succeeds in taking it over. The Warsaw Ghetto that Gaza has become must also be seized as a demilitarized, U.N. protectorate. Both Hamas and Israel are wrong; they each seek mutual destruction. Yes, "The Oslo accords are dead." Moreover, the U.S. has ceased to be "an honest broker" with its extreme pro-Israel stance backed by an unlimited supply of arms and intelligence that serve to fuel the current devastation in Gaza. The lesson from all the turmoil in the Middle East is and has been that protracted conflict leads to further radicalization. It's time now (and it is "running out"
for a new approach led by the world community through the U.N.
It was a comment on this Op-Ed by Roger Cohen of the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/opinion/roger-cohen-start-with-gaza.html?_r=0
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