“The Oslo Accords…”
The Oslo agreements were supposed to be a new beginning,
and were a major concession on Israel’s part.
I remember the hope they instilled in many Israelis at the time.
Since then many of those hopeful Israelis have been
traumatized by Arafat’s lies and machinations, terror, intifadas,
and rocket attacks on a growing circle of Israeli cities.
The fact that peace is unachievable at present puts more emphasis
on the Israeli narrative (the long historic connection between
the people of Israel and the land of Israel).
“settlements”
Palestinian Arabs have demanded that Israel cease all settlement building.
This demand presumes that Judea and Samaria are Palestinian.
Only negotiation or conflict can determine that.
The demand is an attempt to get concessions *without* negotiations,
just as the attempt to be recognized by the UN as a state was.
“This is matter for the world to debate”
Another example of the same mindset.
You have to talk to your enemies, not to the world.
Egypt did it and got everything they wanted.
Jordan did it and got 50 million cubic meters of free water every year,
for the foreseeable future.
Palestinian Arabs can do it too, but it won’t work if they view us as foreigners
living on *their* land or if they see agreements as being no more than
the agreement signed between Muhammad and the Quraysh,
or a repeat of what he did to the Khaybar Jews.