Former IDF Chief: Palestinian State Will Solve Nothing
Charles Johnson
Tue Jan 23, 2007 at 3:31 pm PST • Views: 250
This is exactly right, and it’s quite sad that the prevailing Middle East dogma won’t let more people admit it: Palestinian state won’t solve conflict, says Israeli ex-army chief.
HERZLIYA, Israel (AFP) - A two-state solution based on Israeli territorial concessions to the Palestinians will not lead to broader stability in the Middle East, former Israeli army chief of staff Moshe Yaalon has warned.
“The resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — which I wish we could resolve and I cannot see it being solved in the near future — will not lead to stability in the Middle East,” he told an annual conference on Israeli national security in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv Monday.
“International pressure on the state of Israel for territorial concessions will only strengthen the jihadi threat being led by Iran today and encourage them to continue to attack Israel and the West,” Yaalon said.
“The two-state paradigm as a solution to the conflict is irrelevant at this stage. The solution of the conflict will not solve the Islamic attack against the West.”
Only fools believe that the global jihad will lose steam if Palestinians achieve their unearned, unwanted statehood. In reality, the opposite is true.
Frank says: