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Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/19/reimagining-a-more-realistic-peace-process/
Reimagining a More Realistic "Peace Process"
(Washington Times) Clifford D. May - A "two-state solution" implies two states for two peoples - a Palestinian state and a Jewish state, peacefully coexisting. PA President Mahmoud Abbas, despite all these years of peace processing, hasn't accepted that premise. Which is why, instead of negotiating, he has been orchestrating a campaign on the international stage to delegitimize Israel, to wage economic warfare against Israel (through the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions, or BDS, movement), and to cast doubt on whether the Jewish people has any historical connection or claim to Jerusalem. His goal has been to win recognition for a Palestinian state that would continue to battle Israel indefinitely, funded largely by European and American taxpayers. To be realistic, the peace process must start - not end - with Palestinians agreeing that Israel has a right to exist, that the Jews won't be driven from Jerusalem again. Until and unless Palestinians are led to the conclusion that the extermination of Israel is an impossible dream, they will not be willing to settle for less. The writer is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.