Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: New Israeli search method at West Bank checkpoint worries Palestinians [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)Instead of negotiating reasonably for more from Israel they chose Intifada 2. Again in 2008, an even better offer was rejected by the PLO without a counter-offer. So what makes the PLO a real "partner for peace"? Be clear. It can't be that they're secular, as their charter calls for an Islamist state with sharia law. You think that's secular? That doesn't sound like they want a secular democracy.
And who cares what the PLO wanted in the 1970's? At that time they were claiming Israel WITHIN the 1948 borders for themselves. How do you negotiate with that? Even if we pretend they wanted 2 states at that time, Intifada 2 and the rejection of 2 credible peace offers without counter-proposals in response is proof the PLO isn't a credible peace partner. What's difficult about this?