Inon Dan Kehati: Pursuing the Slogan and Missing the Peace
One of the main obstacles for the emergence of peace and prosperity, for both Palestinians and Jews, is the dogmatic perception that sanctifies the failed Two State Solution as if it were a religion, and prevents any new political ideas and approaches to emerge and clarify our future. Two weeks ago, Dr. Gershon Baskin wrote […]
Deal of the Century: Changing the Language If Not Much Else
If Trump’s Deal of the Century had any binding enforcement capabilities, it would be an incredible coup for Israel. If the deal is merely a new starting point for negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, it is more of the same of what we have already seen for the past 70 years. With one […]
Palestinian Arab, Habib, Isolated And Afraid, Yearns For Normalization With Israel
Leaders have legacies; the rest of us have lives. And normalization is a death sentence for some. Trump may be making his opening gambit for a Nobel Prize. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is making sure his legacy will include bamboozling the Western World with lies about educating kids toward peace while paying salaries […]
Why I Don’t Care Where Yasser Arafat Was Born And Why You Shouldn’t Either
Let’s get serious . . . it really doesn’t matter where Yasser Arafat was born. When we talk about peoplehood we are not talking about where one’s parents happened to be geographically when one took one’s first breath. So please stop using the fact that he was born in Cairo as if that disqualifies him […]
Oslo II: What Did Peres and Abbas Expect?
This is my summary and critique of an article from 1996 that included reviews of two books (one by Peres and the other by Abbas) (citation below). I bring this here now because we can see that even at that early stage points were being drawn in the sand in what has become a trajectory […]