Reply #104: Problem is there's no democracy in Palestine [View All]

Arafat runs the show and as a terrorist he simply can't be an honest peacemaker. He's a one-trick pony, who whether he wants peace or not, is still a fighter at the core. I'm not sure the PLO even has the capacity to disarm Hamas and the other groups, which is sad since I think most Palestinians want a peace deal.

A German friend of my brother (who was pro-Palestinian) visited there and came across Palestinians who actually sig-hailed (sorry don't know German spelling) him and liked him because of the Holocaust! Now I'm not saying most Palestinians think this, but it does indicate the huge gap that needs to be crossed before the hatred doesn't get in the way of a deal.

As for the treatment in the past, I find it shameful that other Arab nations claim solidarity with them, but fund terror that makes the situation worse for them.

The analogy I always use is when my big brother and I got into fights when we were little, he'd pin me on the ground when he didn't want to fight anymore (4 yrs older and much bigger). I'd tell him to get off, but he'd say I'll get off if you calm down and promise not to try to hit me. I'd tell him I'll do that once he gets off of me. If he didn't agree, I'd try hitting him to convince him to get off me. And so on and so forth, until my parents broke it up (*perhaps the key insight here).