(Eurasia Review) Dr. Alon Ben-Meir - The misguided policies of Palestinian leaders over the years have tragically subjected four generations to a life of misery and hopelessness in pursuit of a delusional goal of destroying Israel. The shortsighted, misguided policies of Palestinian leaders have only compounded their youth's despondency and despair, giving rise to militancy and violence against a country with which they must coexist. The misinformation and the selected truth about the conflict with Israel passes from one generation to the next, and today Palestinian youths view Israel the way their parents have, as an irreconcilable enemy to be resisted at all costs. The day-to-day public denunciation of Israel further resonates in the minds of the young and they become increasingly in tune to resistance, rather than reconciliation. As they continue to revel in the illusion that they can destroy Israel, they in fact are sowing the seeds of their own destruction. The writer is a retired professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU.
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