It is obvious that Palestinian Arabs do not want peace. It is obvious that Hamas is a despotic terrorist organization bent on murder. The truth:
All of them have been rejected by Palestinians, who were happier to risk losing everything in a war than to accept the existence of a Jewish state.
What if Palestinians don't want peace?
A thought has been worming its way uncomfortably through my mind since Oct. 7. What if peace is impossible? What if there is literally no way to reach a lasting accord? What if one side will settle for nothing less than the destruction of the other?
My doubts began in the immediate aftermath of the atrocity as I watched the reaction of some Palestinians and some of their sympathizers, not least in the West. On that dreadful Saturday evening, there had as yet been no Israeli response. Protesters did not have the (perfectly reasonable) argument that the participants in later demonstrations had, namely that they were defending human rights in Gaza. No, this was exultation in the murder of Israelis, pure and simple.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/what-if-palestinians-dont-want-peace
All of them have been rejected by Palestinians, who were happier to risk losing everything in a war than to accept the existence of a Jewish state.
What if Palestinians don't want peace?
A thought has been worming its way uncomfortably through my mind since Oct. 7. What if peace is impossible? What if there is literally no way to reach a lasting accord? What if one side will settle for nothing less than the destruction of the other?
My doubts began in the immediate aftermath of the atrocity as I watched the reaction of some Palestinians and some of their sympathizers, not least in the West. On that dreadful Saturday evening, there had as yet been no Israeli response. Protesters did not have the (perfectly reasonable) argument that the participants in later demonstrations had, namely that they were defending human rights in Gaza. No, this was exultation in the murder of Israelis, pure and simple.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/what-if-palestinians-dont-want-peace