April 8, 2011
To the Editor,
When Obama demanded that Israel cease building in the West bank for a period of ten months there was no quid pro quo demanded of the Palestinians..ie…The fullfilment Of Oslo, recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, removal of hateful passages in school books…So when Bryan Schwartz sets up his… orderly proposal it is strikingnly naive because all the genuflecting is on Israels side and again nothing demanded of the Palestinians……….The other thought of his, this victims concept of the goal post of a settlement moving further off is once more the fearful thought of victim mentality eg ..we better settle quickly or we are done for…His whole treatise in my view is nothing but a document of fear couched in legalise format….introduction, itemized paragraphs, numbered contentions all unreal.. It’s simple, Fatah can never make peace because Hamas would never allow concessions.In fact there exists now a de facto peace and this may be the only modus vivendi available for decades to come.
Morton Simcoe, Winnipeg