Palestinian National Suicide -- Two Must Read Opinion Pieces

Hat Tip To Jefferey Goldberg:

Suicide, the path to national salvation by Amnon Rubinstein, Jerusalem Post

Gaza is becoming a symbol. We rightly emphasize Israel's need to put an end to the daily, ever-widening, shelling of our civilians; indeed, it is obvious that Israel will eventually have to take military action - no country could act otherwise - to silence the guns and missile-launchers.
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The Palestinians' time is running out By Bradley Burston

For my Palestinian friends, with sadness:

I understand why you long ago came to believe that time was on your side. I understand the many factors, demographic, cultural, historic, geo-political, which have served to reinforce that belief, the strong conviction that Palestinian statehood was inevitable, inalienable - in every sense, a matter of time.
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My Comment: The PLO, Arafat, the present leadership of Hamas .... when I think of them they remind me of Zimbabwe's Mugabe. Men, who when they have power, end up showing that they cannot govern, compromise, respect the rule of law, etc. .... that in the end all they care about is perpetual conflict and suffering.