There are glimmers of hope -- milestones of a shift -- and signs that the greatest barrier to peace is the Palestinian Authority itself.
Please refer to the following article by
Yishai Fleisher, an International Spokesman for the Jewish Community of Hebron.
Negotiations with the present top Palestinian leadership is futile. Peace can not come to Israel without a change in Palestinian leadership. Abbas, Fatah and Hamas must go.
There needs to be more to attract moderates to coexistence at the grassroots level. They are out there, as the article states, "... there are thousands of people in the city, Jews and Arabs alike, who are seeking new leaders and a new path."
The next big "Palestinian Uprising" will be internal. And when it happens, Israel must provide them security. For too long such decent meant arrest, torture and even death. When Palestinians who want peaceful coexistence and cooperation with Israel can feel safe standing up against other Palestinians who only want war and the destruction of Israel, that is when the public tide will truly change in the right direction.
What scares the Abbas, Hamas and Hezbollah most is that Kushner's plan could actually work. That and the fact Egypt and Saudi Arabia and other Middle East Muslim countries are recognizing and supporting it. If Europeans give their endorsement the end has arrived for Abbas and Hamas -- and they know it.
Regarding that last point, the question is whether anti-Semitism in Europe squelches support for a peace plan that may actually work and lead to a better life for Palestinians as well as Israelis. Europe is being tested, which is rather frightening given that the last time they were tested 60% of the worlds Jews were murdered.
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