Palestinian Goal-Post Moving in Action
* 1994: Interim Gaza pullout will cause Palestinians to stop killing Israeli soldiers, bombing Israeli schoolhouses
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2005: Full Gaza pullout plus autonomy will cause Palestinians to stop killing Israeli soldiers, bombing Israeli schoolhouses *
July 6, 2006: Full Gaza pullout plus autonomy plus ending assassinations plus releasing prisoners will cause Palestinians to stop killing Israeli soldiers, bombing Israeli schoolhouses:
Jibril Rajoub, who served as national security adviser in the Palestinian Authority and is considered one of the leading Fatah figures in the West Bank, told Haaretz Wednesday that Khaled Meshal, the Hamas leader in Damascus, would agree to the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit and an end to the Qassam attacks if Israel releases a group of prisoners of women and veteran detainees, pulls out of the Gaza Strip and ends its assassinations and bombings.
And yet international diplomats keep pressing Israel to make security concessions on the basis of Palestinian promises that - this time - they'll really keep their commitments. This obsessive focus on pressing Israel for concessions is evidence either of rampant stupidity or mendacity, and with Palestinians dropping rockets on schoolhouses the difference seems largely irrelevant.
2005: Full Gaza pullout plus autonomy will cause Palestinians to stop killing Israeli soldiers, bombing Israeli schoolhouses *
July 6, 2006: Full Gaza pullout plus autonomy plus ending assassinations plus releasing prisoners will cause Palestinians to stop killing Israeli soldiers, bombing Israeli schoolhouses:
Jibril Rajoub, who served as national security adviser in the Palestinian Authority and is considered one of the leading Fatah figures in the West Bank, told Haaretz Wednesday that Khaled Meshal, the Hamas leader in Damascus, would agree to the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit and an end to the Qassam attacks if Israel releases a group of prisoners of women and veteran detainees, pulls out of the Gaza Strip and ends its assassinations and bombings.
And yet international diplomats keep pressing Israel to make security concessions on the basis of Palestinian promises that - this time - they'll really keep their commitments. This obsessive focus on pressing Israel for concessions is evidence either of rampant stupidity or mendacity, and with Palestinians dropping rockets on schoolhouses the difference seems largely irrelevant.
