(Jerusalem Post) Yosef Goell - The widespread assumption is that if an independent democratic Palestinian polity arose alongside Israel, it would automatically do its utmost to attain a full peace accord with its Jewish neighbor. Regrettably, there is not the slightest shred of evidence to support such an assumption. It is quite clear that if truly democratic elections were to be held today in Egypt and Jordan, they would replace the authoritarian Mubarak and Hashemite regimes. But opinion polls in both countries indicate that they would also abrogate their peace treaties with Israel, which their authoritarian leaders agreed to under American pressure.
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