IN THE EVENT ABBAS HOLDS FAST: MY TWO CENTS The stage is being set (by Israel and the US) for the aftermath. In the event that Abbas holds fast. The options Israel is likely to pursue are neither of the two options Vijay Prashad posited as logical deductions (liquidating the Palestinian question through expulsion or absorbing Palestinians in a single democratic state) - one being absurd and the other being a 180-degree turnaround to decades devoted to confining and displacing Palestinians. No, Israel wont take that option until it is made to do so, hence BDS and the ICC. US/Israel will instigate civil strife in Gaza (with the help of Egypt), as they attempted to do with the Dahlan stunt. The resistance movement Hamas (as different from the political party, which can be crushed) will continue to resist. The popular resistance movement will strengthen, especially if the PA is no longer collaborating with Israel.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 04:01:17 +0000