Tyrants for peace...
Natan Sharansky nails it when he says Palestinians do not need another tyrant:
A black and white / good and evil view of the world is often savagely attacked in this multicultural all encompassing world of ours. But I wonder how many innocent people in Israel who have died at the hands of terrorists would still be alive today if the world as a whole treated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a genuine battle between good and evil? Democracy v. tyranny. Peace v. savage oppression. Freedom v. fascist Islam. Hope v. fear and hatred. So long as the Palestinians feed their own appetite of hatred for the Jews there will NEVER be peace in the Middle East. There is nothing Israel can do to appease its neighbor. Palestinians must accept the reality of a Jewish state and seek in good faith to make the best of the situation no matter how aggreived they may feel.
regimes that do not respect the rights of their own people will not respect the rights of their neighbors.
The link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior is not always understood. Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous.
On the other hand, the power of dictators is not dependent upon popular will. For them, staying in power is a function not of bettering the lives of their subjects but rather of controlling those lives. To justify the degree of repression necessary to sustain their illegitimate rule, dictators need to constantly mobilize their people against external enemies.
It is therefore not surprising that during the decade of the Oslo process, Arafat's Palestinian Authority used all the resources at its disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel. The media under his control incited the current generation of Palestinians against the Jewish state, and his PA-run schools ensured that the next generation would be even more poisoned with hate.
A black and white / good and evil view of the world is often savagely attacked in this multicultural all encompassing world of ours. But I wonder how many innocent people in Israel who have died at the hands of terrorists would still be alive today if the world as a whole treated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a genuine battle between good and evil? Democracy v. tyranny. Peace v. savage oppression. Freedom v. fascist Islam. Hope v. fear and hatred. So long as the Palestinians feed their own appetite of hatred for the Jews there will NEVER be peace in the Middle East. There is nothing Israel can do to appease its neighbor. Palestinians must accept the reality of a Jewish state and seek in good faith to make the best of the situation no matter how aggreived they may feel.
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