PRESCRIPTION FOR GENOCIDE

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THE RETURN OF THE BAD OLD MIDDLE EAST by Steven Plaut
Steven Plaut argues it is time to "abandon the campaign of peace through make-believe that has governed efforts at resolving the conflict since late 1992." It is time to drop the earnest but erroneous assertions that ignited Arab bellicosity. It is time to accept the truth: conciliatory gestures by Israel are seen by the Arabs as weakness to be exploited. Giving Israeli land to the Arabs -- who already have 99.9% of the Middle East -- encourages war, not peace. The usual tools of reconciliation -- education, improved economics, a "let's reason together" spirit -- just don't work, however much we wish they would. Putting an Arab state in the heart of Israel is a prescription for genocide, not peace. READ MORE