Mideast peacetalks should depend on viable Arab representation and formal acceptance of Israel viability as a Jewish democracy!
Posted: May 18, 2011 Filed under: Arabs or Palestinians have no united crdible voice for peace talks, Uncategorized | Tags: No credible Arab representation for Mideast peace talks 1 Comment »Since Palestinians have no united, or consistent voice, how, or why, should the Israeli waste time communicating with what in reality is an intangible, or virtual representation of the Palestinians?
Those who now speak for the Palestinians refuse to recognize Israel as the Jewish democracy that it is, and in most cases have charters calling or the destruction of the Jewish state. Israel should discontinue negotiation until those it must negotiate with formally recognize its viability, sovereignty, and right to exist as a Jewish democratic state, a state settled where it now is, but with defensible boundaries, and, of course, with a United Jerusalem as its Capital.
Without getting formal recognition, and dealing with people whose mission is to destroy it, it would simply be fool-hearty for Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians. Israel must also insist that those allied with the Palestinians (such as Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas, etc.,) formally accept its rights as a sovereign state, and remove any calls for its destruction.
Why should Israel re-enter peace talks with those who are on record as wishing to destroy it? Why should it not insist on having those sitting on the other side of the table accept its viability as a Jewish nation, just as they are accepting them as members of Islamic nations?