"....Palestinians would be wise if they recognise Israel as a Jewish state as pre-negotiation step, but not as a precondition.The former diplomat said that Palestinians have no reason to disagree with that demand stressing that “the Jewish democratic state would give all the rights to the Arab minority, forming 20% of the population.”......Asked on Israel’s air strike to what believed to be a nuclear reactor in Syria in September 2007, the official believed the event would not affect the peace talks, saying that it copied the Syrian approach to hitting and talking at the same time.“They hit us (through Hezbollah in South Lebanon) and talk on the other hand and we in Israel simply followed the same rules.”.....The former Israeli official acknowledged that President Bashar Assad is less powerful than his father was, and therefore he needs more efforts to convince his people to accept concessions for peace....He said that if Hamas wins the next election as well, it means that the vast majority of the Palestinians is not interested in reaching a peace settlement with Israel. The former president of Tel Aviv University said that Sharon’s government made a “tactical mistake” when it allowed Hamas to take part in the 2006 Palestinian parliamentarian elections, in which the Islamic movement won nearly two-thirds of the seats....When we talk about democracy, it is not only elections; it is also the right of citizens and other factors, he said..."
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
"...Israel’s air strike in Syria in 2007 copied the Syrian approach of hitting & talking at the same time..."
In Qatar's Gulf Times, here
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So it is a democracy 'a la carte'. You get to chose what suits you, when it suits you, and where it suits you. While reading the posting I got a sense of the depth of Israeli desperation. They are less powerful than they really want to project.
As to Bashar Asad, the issue is not that he is more or less powerful than his father. At the end of the day, Hafez Asad balked at signing a treaty. What the Israel and its Western allies do not want to understand is the Asads, father and son, are staunch Arab nationalists. There raison d'etre is Arab nationalism. They won't survive a day without it. Arab nationalism overcomes sectarian differences. Peace with Israel (if there is ever going to be one, the nature of the Israeli state and zionist project is incompatible with peace!)must come on Arab terms and not on Israel's.
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