The Real Process

The so-called "peace process" that Israel has made numerous concessions to preserve is not aimed at creating real and lasting peace by any party but the Jewish State. For the international interlocutors the process is either not regarded as genuine with any real hope of ending the conflict, or those interlocutors are naive. For the Muslim and Arab World, the peace process is a way to carve Israel up a little at a time in furtherance of their ultimate aim, which is to eliminate the Jewish State completely. Israel has become the proverbial frog who is not aware the water that he was thrust in is about to boil. America has been a driving force behind the process that can never produce peace between Muslim Arab and Jew since before the Camp David Accords. The objective then was to bring peace between Israel and Egypt and a "cold peace" did emerge. The negotiations with Arafat and his successor Abbas and their underlings have been different in aim and scope. Whereas Sadat could deliver Egypt, those commanding the PLO do not even represent the majority of Palestinians. Even if Abbas wants peace, because his rivals in Hamas have a greater natural constituency among the "Palestinian people", there is no way Abbas can deliver. The trap Israel has walked into is that no matter what Abbas signs (even if he is committed to peace- which is doubtful) or how much Israel gives away, it will not alter the determination of those who embrace jihad to drive the Jews into the sea.