It's Not The Process of Peace, Tom

Yisrael Medad
My Right Word
14 December '10

In response to Tom Friedman's Reality Check piece (of), a letter writer writes:

Thomas L. Friedman has put into words what I have long felt. I am 58 years old, and for most of my adult life I have been hopefully following the Middle East peace process, from the Oslo accords to the Camp David negotiations to the road map, ad infinitum and ad nauseam.

Well, your problem is that you should following the terror process, the denial of Jewish nationalism process, the refusal to make peace process that all factor into whther Israel can make peace and why it has been forced to make claims for its security.

The next letter writer gets it well:

Thomas L. Friedman asserts that Israelis “don’t get it.” As an American and an Israeli, let me assure Mr. Friedman that Israelis do get it. Sadly, we get it all too well.

For more than 43 years, every offer, every compromise has been met with a resounding “no” by the Palestinians. Had Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, accepted the offer made by Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, this discussion would not be necessary.

Had Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, accepted the offer of Ehud Barak, the Israeli leader, at Camp David, this discussion would not be necessary.

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