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January 28, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpott264125394jan26,0,551838.story?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines

If Palestinians Want an Independent State, Their New Chairman Must Disarm Terrorists

(Newsday) Emanuele Ottolenghi - Dismantling Palestinian terror networks is not only indispensable if Abbas genuinely wants to establish a democratic Palestinian state, but also unavoidable if Palestinians will want a state at all. Those who advocate a cease-fire in the hope that bringing extremists into the political process will turn them into moderates forget the lessons of history. Extremists must first be disarmed: leaving them with their weapons will only allow them to challenge state power and blackmail elected authorities. That is why a cease-fire is but an illusion, unless Abbas resolves to fight terrorism. The writer teaches Israeli politics at Oxford University and is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

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