Im not sure what this peace process is becoming, it is all conjecture at this point, but if it is devolving as Peter Beinart suggests, into some kind of arbitrated ultimatum by the United States that does not set right the perceived injustices to Palestinians, and I mean perceived injustices--including the right of return to lands that have been taken from them or to fair compensation, the right to self-determination free from harassment by Israeli military, equal treatment under the law, equal opportunity to thrive and prosper, and equal say in the government they live under, this whole enterprise will have failed, because Palestinians will not have been given justice. As for Israels perceived need for security, it would be better to have an impartial international community police force administer that than to perpetuate what has been a resented dysfunctional presence from day one--Israels IDF must get out of Palestine; they should have no business there under any negotiated solution. They are an irritant incapable of keeping peace. If there is anything clear from the last 60 years it is that. I hope John Kerry and his team have better sense than what is being portrayed in this article, enough insight to realize that tailoring a framework for peace to the unreasonable, excessive, and obstructionist demands of Netanyahu and the settler movement is worse than no agreement at all. That would be resigning the future of Israel-Palestine and quite likely any semblance of a united Judaism to an internal and international campaign of isolation and condemnation unlike anything they have known before. I hope we as an international community if we are to help broker a meaningful and sustainable solution to this conflict, have more sense than that. Peter Beinart is right that a viable framework must mean ..supporting a genuinely viable Palestinian state, one that is economically and politically strong enough to offer Palestinians a decent future, a decent future that will help safeguard Israel’s as well. Failing to reach a deal would not be the worst outcome of Kerry’s diplomatic crusade. The worst outcome would be for America to endorse a deal that is unworkable and unjust.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:19:38 +0000
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