Mr Khan said:
Kasz216 said:
Mr Khan said:
If Israel could prove that they could be trusted for their part in the Palestinian Papers, i believe they could own up to it.
That is the other issue in that Hamas has toyed with the expectations of the Palestinian people, and thus forced the PA to up the ante beyond what they as a negotiation partner could reasonably expect, and will bring harsh reality down upon the Palestinian people, but it is a reality they would grudgingly accept so long as they believed that Israel would stand by their word, and that certain minimum thresholds are met (but minimum thresholds lower than the conditions that Palestinian leaders have been publicly endorsing)
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Why, when the lead negotiatior literally had to resign for even thinking of offering such a deal?
How many decades would it take and how many attacks would Israel just have to absorb after Israel pulls out again, Hamas calls them weak again and PA probably ends up losing more legitamicy, if not it's existance all together.
Truth is the West probably just has to let go of the PA as they act as nothing but an easy scapegoat.
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Then it would be a matter of lowering Palestinian expectations, or seeing a new movement in Palestine, one with the honesty of Hamas but without their intractable, violent extremism
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Or more likely... both. Though it's not like Hamas is the bastion of honesty. Just less corrupt. They still go out of their way to steal foreign aid directly from families to fuel they war.
The best option currently (sadly) would probably be to let the PA fall apart, then just do without negotiations for a few years and wait for people to get sick of Hamas' ways only making things worse for the Palestinians.
It would either create a new non-corrupt government that actually speaks for the people.... or force hamas to give up it's terrorist ways.
However, such a strategy would involve the opposite of what your suggesting from the Israeli side. Or at least a "Hold the line" type mentality until hamas steps up it's atacks. Also it could take a while.
