To suggest these insuperable barriers to peace will be removed once a peace agreement is signed is to believe in the existence of fairies at the bottom of the garden. Putting the cart before the horse only guarantees that your longed-for destination will never be reached.
The new year therefore promises to be one of tragedy and suffering for both Jews and Arabs.
Resolution 1850 characterizes the “two-State solution” – involving the creation of yet another Arab state, this one between Israel and Jordan – as “an irreversible process.” Unfortunately, the negotiations to achieve this outcome continue to slide irreversibly into farce and failure. They will continue to go backward until the Arab mindset expressed in the PLO charter is changed.
No amount of sweet talk and “feel good” statements by the United Nations can halt this downward spiral. Indeed, resolutions such as 1850 only serve to reward continuing Arab intransigence by failing to condemn demands made by the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League over the last 60 years that remain unchanged and have no possibility of being accepted by Israel.
The time for talkfests and diplomatic games has well and truly expired. Bad Commandments need to be broken.