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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: What's Happening in Gaza: A Savage and Obviously Anti-Semitic Blog Post [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)The problem with the Palestinians and Hamas is that they are not organized well enough to be able to negotiate a cease-fire or any other agreement. They don't have discipline within their people. No one is really in charge. Anger is the only master of some of the Palestinians.
Note that when Israelis wrongly and without government approval killed a Palestinian, the killers were arrested. The Palestinians do not have that kind of organization. There is no hope for peace until the Palestinians do establish law and order and the ability to enforce a cease-fire within their own ranks.
Israel is dealing with a group of people with whom Israel cannot negotiate or come to any agreement. Until the Palestinians start to arrest those among their people who violate cease-fires or shoot rockets at Israel, Israel will respond with well organized, well disciplined force. What else can Israel do?
Palestinians throw temper tantrums. What do parents do when their children throw temper tantrums. If you follow the events in the Middle East, you know that Israel has, in the past, gone so far as to demolish its own settlements in efforts to show good faith in negotiating peace. The Palestinians have never responded with good faith signs that they are willing to negotiate peace.
What can Israel do other than give in to the temper tantrums of the Palestinians?