re: #397 Alouette

I think, in a wierd, twisted way, the idea that Israel can solve the situation on its own is an implicit acceptance that Israel is the only ethical actor in the situation. I think it shows an unconscious understanding that appealing to the sense of justice or fairness of Syria, Iran, Jordan, and Hamas* is futile, and the only nation involved to whom a philosophical appeal would find any root would be Israel.

Never mind that Israel could make every single concession in the book, and many Arab states would ignore them or work to undermine them, because having the Palestinians as a political tool works for them.

*Meaning the governments, not the people of these nations.