A few days ago, I blogged about the lack of a Palestinian partner for peace, using Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad's positon paper to show the absurdity of calling him a moderate. With the riots on Yom Kippur Eve, we learn once again that the phrase "Palestinian moderate," is, in fact, an oxymoron.
When French tourists visited the Temple Mount on the eve of the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Arabs in the area mistook them for praying Jews, and began throwing rocks at them. Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount is totally legal, and even if someone is offended by it, rock-throwing is a pretty extreme response, right?
Let's ask some "moderates" what they think.
Reuters reported that the Palestinian government, our "partner for peace" released the following statement:
"The cabinet ... hailed our people who rushed yesterday to defend blessed al-Aqsa mosque and thwarted the attempt by extremist settlers to break into the compound."
Fayad's government also "condemned the storming by Israeli police and special forces of the mosque compound and their assault on worshippers."
"A Third Intifada may erupt...in reaction to the Israeli disrespect of the feelings of Muslims and the storming by extreme Jewish groups of the al-Aqsa mosque."
These are the words of another "moderate," Mohammad Dahlan of the Fatah party. Do you get the feeling he knows something we don't know?
It really is no wonder that the conflict has yet to be solved, when these are the people we're negotiating with.
See the Israeli Initiative's idea for an alternative partner for peace.
(Source: Reuters)
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