ZenDen wrote:
" if they are not meeting regularly in direct talks they will both be sanctioned and this can be ratcheted up"
And what, exactly, do you think you should deprive the Palestinians of first? Or perhaps make the sanctions 100 times worse for the Israelis?
Seems a little out of balance. Could use a little more work/polish.
The idea would be to sanction the leaders first, sanction thing like defense capability, only later wider economic sanction if necessary.
The idea of using favoritism defeats the purpose of the is tactic. The real problem is the is a sense the rhetoric that you are using here, there are far too many interested outside parties. This make inaction very easy, becuase is easy for political user to avoid direct talk. In fact that is exactly what has been happening with the relationship with the international community form the beginning.
Fueling the same neurotic behaviour is not helpful or a humane thing to do. It empathetic perhaps but humanitarian becuase it will prolong the Palestinian people's suffering. There is a differnce between "caring" and caring.
Even with Israel's power they would fear being isolated from their allies, and it would be political suicide for them domestically as time goes on.
I suspect if there is real action it won't be too long before thing get moving. It is about understand the mechanics of political stalemates.
There is absolutely no reason why there couldn't be peace now. It lack of will and knowing a good thing when they see it.
20 Feb 2016, 8:50 am
