Palestinians Blame US for Failure
It is reported that, "Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said Monday that the U.S. presidential election was stalling the Middle East peace process and urged other countries to increase their efforts."
What is a shame is that the Palestinians have so little negotiating power and absolutely no legitimacy when it comes to negotiating that they must always other nations coming to vouch for them.
Despite this blame, they tend to also blame the US for not being impartial enough, but now it seems that they see exactly what happens when the US is not involved at all. The fact remains that despite what so many claim, Israeli (read: Jewish) interests do not run US policy since Israel was much more restrained when the US was involved than it is now when it builds it's fence and goes on offensives in terrorist occupied territories.
Palestinians now seem to understand that the US is a pretty good broker in the Middle East process, but we have also come to an end to feeling as if negotiating will do anything productive. Arafat turned down the best deal that could be given to him for one of two reasons (perhaps both):
1) He does not want the terrorism to end because he thinks that, somehow, he'll get a better deal so he holds out.
Or...
2) He can not control the terrorist elements in the territories and thus is nothing more than a faceman and is unworthy of being considered someone worth negotiating with at all.
In the end, the Palestinian officials will always find a way to blame everyone but themselves and the terrorists they permit in their camp. While Israel puts plotting Israelis in prison for wanting to blow up Palestinian places, it only seems that we hear about the Palestinians hanging those who associate with Israel - quite a difference in justice systems.
Only with a bumbling body like the United Nations could this situation exist for over 60 years. History shows that the best way to stop such bombing is to simply remove the element that causes it, but in this 'enlightened' day and age it seems better to perpetuate refuge camps and all the violence and suffering that goes along with it.
Do we need the United Nations to fulfill this role? If you do not think so, then you know to put George W. Bush back in for four more years. If this situation appeals to you, and you find 'nuance' in the policies of multilateral diplomacy over these matters in th Middle East; if the status quo is appealing to you, then you should like the Senator.
What is a shame is that the Palestinians have so little negotiating power and absolutely no legitimacy when it comes to negotiating that they must always other nations coming to vouch for them.
Despite this blame, they tend to also blame the US for not being impartial enough, but now it seems that they see exactly what happens when the US is not involved at all. The fact remains that despite what so many claim, Israeli (read: Jewish) interests do not run US policy since Israel was much more restrained when the US was involved than it is now when it builds it's fence and goes on offensives in terrorist occupied territories.
Palestinians now seem to understand that the US is a pretty good broker in the Middle East process, but we have also come to an end to feeling as if negotiating will do anything productive. Arafat turned down the best deal that could be given to him for one of two reasons (perhaps both):
1) He does not want the terrorism to end because he thinks that, somehow, he'll get a better deal so he holds out.
Or...
2) He can not control the terrorist elements in the territories and thus is nothing more than a faceman and is unworthy of being considered someone worth negotiating with at all.
In the end, the Palestinian officials will always find a way to blame everyone but themselves and the terrorists they permit in their camp. While Israel puts plotting Israelis in prison for wanting to blow up Palestinian places, it only seems that we hear about the Palestinians hanging those who associate with Israel - quite a difference in justice systems.
Only with a bumbling body like the United Nations could this situation exist for over 60 years. History shows that the best way to stop such bombing is to simply remove the element that causes it, but in this 'enlightened' day and age it seems better to perpetuate refuge camps and all the violence and suffering that goes along with it.
Do we need the United Nations to fulfill this role? If you do not think so, then you know to put George W. Bush back in for four more years. If this situation appeals to you, and you find 'nuance' in the policies of multilateral diplomacy over these matters in th Middle East; if the status quo is appealing to you, then you should like the Senator.
posted by Edward W. Prather at 07:53
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