Well, frankly I don’t see a solution. The Saudi’s had a proposal, but not much real pressure behind it. We have had Oslo I, OsloII, Camp David, “The Road Map”, and any number of other minor intitiatives, all of which get blown to smithereens. There are no diplomatic initiatives left.
So Israel will do it unilaterally. They will pull out from Gaza, build a big wall that will exclude the smaller settlements, and include the big ones. Jerusalem? Right to Return? Who cares? This is an intractable conflict, and the only workable solution is to separate the parties. Good fences make good neighbors.
Now, MyVoice and I went to considerable lengths to propose changes to the WAY that the Palestinians fight, if that is what they choose to do. Look it up. We proposed a media driven war, with the would be suicide bombers engaging in acts of self-immolation, sit-ins, economic targets, and corporate headquarters, gas stations, and infrastructure when empty. The Palestinians are not supported in the US for their TACTICS. People tune out their message because they have advanced the cause of terror more than thier own cause. If they want to coopt the US, they must change tactics so that their story can get out.
And frankly, Arafat is the root of this, the tactics began with his leadership. More than any single individual in the world, he is the father of terror tactics.
The Black September Organization
A Palestinian guerrilla group, The Black September Organization (BSO), claimed responsibility for the killing of the eleven Israeli’s in Munich. The Fatah originated in 1957 and boasted an estimated membership of over 11,000 by the late 1980’s. The United States Department of State’s 1988 publication of Terrorist Group Profiles, describes the Fatah as the military arm of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Fatah is an acronym spelled backwards representing Harakat al-Tahrir al Filistini. The phrase translates as Palestine Liberation Movement. Former Fatah leader Yasir Arafat (Abu Ammar) assumed leadership of the PLO in 1969. The Fatah utilized the name Black September Organization from approximately 1971 to 1974. Some sources speculate that Arafat utilized the name to distance himself and the PLO from the actions of the BSO. Many terrorist experts speculate that Arafat controlled the BSO and utilized it as his primary military force. Arafat attempted to keep the association at arm’s length to provide a factor of plausible deniability. Black September represents the results of the culmination of tensions between the Fatah and the Jordanian government. In September 1970, King Hussein’s military forced the group out of Jordan and into Lebanon.
