A truly sad and tragic article about the departing Israeli defense minister. He seems to be sadly right about a lot of things. It seems to me one spends most of their life trying to believe in something only to come to the end and view it as an essential tragedy. A few snippits:
Asked for his views on the general concept of two states for two peoples, he said: "In the present reality, I see difficulty in producing a stable situation of end-of-conflict within that paradigm." A two-state solution, he continued, is simply "not relevant. It is a story that the Western world tells with Western eyes. And that story does not comprehend the scale of the gap and the scale of the problem. We, too, are sweeping it under the carpet."
Asked whether he fears for Israel's existence, Ya'alon responded: "A combination of terrorism and demography, with question marks among us about the rightness of our way, are a recipe for a situation in which there will not be a Jewish state here in the end."
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Politically retreating or giving back land is just a recipe for disaster with the current situation. Israel is giving itself away. I read that there was discussion over whether Israel could protect itself if they gave the Golan Heights to Syria. What a bunch of crap. How could they even consider such a move. That's already negotiating with terrorism.
In addition, Abbas is proving to be a little better than Arafat, but not too much. That's sad. Palestinian leaders are great actors, great deceivers and now Israel with a big push from the US is diminishing. What a mistake.
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