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The message is that any peace agreement can only come at the expense of
Palestinian
rights.
Even the
Palestinian
Authority (PA) blames Hamas for the fighting.
In the
Palestinian
case, after winning an election victory and making a deal with Fatah for a coalition government, Hamas turned on its nationalist rivals and drove them out of Gaza by force.
Their platform includes: Islamist revolution in every country;Iran as the region’s dominant state, backed up by nuclear weapons; no peace with Israel and no
Palestinian
state until there can be an Islamist one encompassing all of Israel (as well as the West Bank and Gaza Strip); and the expulsion of Western influence from the region.
Any future
Palestinian
state would have to assume a similar position, as Israel would never accept its accession to some hostile military alliance.
An Indirect Route to a
Palestinian
State?
Israel was among the first parties to welcome the Arab League’s reluctant decision to back
Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas’s call for Arabs to give their blessing to the talks.
The idea, a new one, aims at getting the Israelis and Palestinians to agree to the borders of the
Palestinian
state that both sides and the rest of the world have said is the way out of the decades-old conflict.
Palestinians want the areas occupied by Israel following the June 1967 War to be the territory of the
Palestinian
state.
But this plan has been put to the test lately by right-wing Israelis’ forcible takeover of
Palestinian
properties in the heart of East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarah neighborhood.
Unfortunately, therefore, the indirect negotiations now being launched are unlikely to produce any tangible result on the borders of the
Palestinian
state.
Palestinian
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has been active in executing a strategic plan that is expected to lead to a de facto
Palestinian
state within a year and a half.
In that case, the Americans would have a hard time refusing to recognize a
Palestinian
state that fits what the international community has said is the only acceptable solution to this intractable conflict.
But there is no indication that a non-authoritarian Egyptian regime would call into question the bilateral peace treaty, though a definite end to the Gaza blockade and a shift in attitude towards Hamas – in the sense of a more serious attempt at forging
Palestinian
unity – are to be expected.
The fact is that, despite being demoralized by years of futile “peace processes,” the
Palestinian
masses are in no mood for a third intifada.
The incendiary rhetoric of Palestine’s supporters in the Arab world has never done much for the
Palestinian
people, either.
Likewise, by committing itself to the
Palestinian
“Islamic Resistance Forces,” Hezbollah’s patron, Iran, is simply recycling a policy that it has pursued since long before that declaration, with the goal of advancing its regional hegemonic designs.
It is likely that Obama will consider a
Palestinian
state to be in America’s fundamental interest.
They also know, of course, that any serious engagement with the
Palestinian
question must imply engaging Hamas in the search for a two-state solution.
In short, it must accept a
Palestinian
state, through deeds as well as words.
Hamas has agreed to accept any negotiated peace settlement between
Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, provided it is approved in a referendum among the
Palestinian
people.
It is time for strong voices in Europe, the US, Israel, and elsewhere to speak out and condemn this human rights tragedy among the
Palestinian
people.
Blair has the thankless task of helping the
Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas build institutions for a viable state, following Hamas’ military takeover of Gaza.
Wolfensohn made some progress, but it was not enough, especially when the United States, Israel, and the European Union chose to starve the Palestinians financially after Hamas won its unexpected victory in the January 2006
Palestinian
elections.
At the least, Blair must press for a radical increase in funds provided by the outside world to the
Palestinian
government as well as to the 1.4 million Palestinians trapped in Hamas-run Gaza.
These sums will be added to
Palestinian
tax receipts that Israel collected but refused to hand to over to a government that included Hamas;Israel is now releasing about half of the approximately $700 million.
But if outside money is to flow, Blair must get the
Palestinian
government to rein in its rampant corruption.
At the RAND Corporation, for example, a team of researchers has laid out a comprehensive approach to building a successful
Palestinian
state, covering governance, security, education, health, water, investment – as well as long-term economic relations with Israel and the outside world.
RAND’s practical ideas have drawn praise from some
Palestinian
as well as Israeli leaders, precisely because they are about people more than about politics.
By the same token, Blair will need to press the Palestinians to deliver a virtual cessation of attacks on Israel from
Palestinian
territories, including by Hamas, lest all peace efforts be blown apart by renewed fighting.
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