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January 17, 2005
What exactly SHOULD Sharon do?
So the Palestinians have had at least a technically very successful, legitimate election. That's great. Mahmoud Abbas was elected as their new leader.
So what, though? So far, it pretty much looks like "meet the old boss, same as the new boss." Terrorist attempts against Israel are increasing, and the new guy doesn't seem to even be attempting to restrain them.
So Sharon has cut off contact with Abbas, and the Israelis are calibrating a tough response. READ THE STORY Ugh, does it never end?
But what else can Sharon do? They're withdrawing unilaterally from Gaza, trying to give the Palestinians a state, and they keep getting attacked for their efforts. You're not going to get anywhere with these people by just laying down in the hope that they'll get tired of killing your women and children.
Trying to see the glass as half full though, there may be one more positive benefit to these Israeli actions condemning the Abbas government and so on: These moves should help solidify Abbas' reputation amongst his own people.
If the Israelis can let on like this Abbas is as bad as Arafat without overreacting militarily, this should tend to increase his prestige and legitimacy among Palestinians. This could reasonably give him more leeway to step down on Al Aqsa et al- if he is in fact so inclined. Is he?
That's the $64,000 question, isn't it?
posted by Al at 1/17/2005 01:50:00 AM
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