Two People In Two States?

So, who exactly is really standing in the way of a true peace between Israel and the maybe soon-to-be-state of Palestine? Is it Yassar Arafat as some have theorized? Or is it in facta small group of Palestinian and Arab intellectuals?

The author of the essay makes a pretty good argument for the real problem being that of the intellectuals. Their abject denial of the real cause of their problems (and those of the Arab culture by and large) along with an absolute unwillingness to accept the existence of Israel have been causing them to ignore reality at all costs.

I can't say that I really disagree with that assessment. The Palestinian's problems are largely of their own creation and have been made worse in large part more by the "brotherly" Arab nations that keep them in "refugee camps" and forment hatred and victimhood than by Israel.

And their biggest problem is their fanatical devotion to Arafat. More so than their hatred of women. More so than their anti-Semitism. Yassar Arafat is the prime extant example of poor Palestinian decision-making.

Arafat is what he is. He's a terrorist; unreformed and unrepentant. He has failed with every opportunity that has been granted to him by Israel or forced on Israel by the United States.

He has not made any attempts to curb the violence by the Palestinian zealots. He has broken the promises he made to remove the destruction of Israel as a goal.

He has never pleaded with his people for reason and understanding.

No, instead he has called for Palestinian children to blow themselves up.

The biggest impediment to the Peace Process is not the myopic vision of the Palestinian-Arab intellectuals. It is the hate and insanity preached by their "leader."

For the Palestinians to learn the ideas of self-criticism is within the realm of possibility. They can learn to analyze and learn from their mistakes.

But the dumpy little terrorist at the top has got to go first. He is the "Road Closed" sign on the Road Map.