Charlatan

I think there does come a point where you have to compromise though. You can't dwell on past efforts at the expense of moving forward.

The fact that the British are willing to willing to negotiate with Sinn Fein and even Israel for that matter attests to the fact that you can move on from a violent past and negotiate when both sides are willing to compromise (heck, the PLO was once branded "terrorist" and Israel managed to sit down with them as well).


Interesting that a poll of Israelis suggests that 48% of the population is still willing to sit down with the Palestinian Authority even if it is run by Hamas.


PS: I think there is a certain irony at play here. Many of the more conservative members of this board have argued time and again for a stronger military on the grounds that diplomacy is useless without a stong military to back it up. Terrorism, in this case, as used by Hamas could be seen as their military backing up their diplomacy. The only difference between Israel lobbing shells into neighbourhoods or flattening houses with bulldozers and a suicide bomber is the cost of the ordinance. Both actions are wrong and do little to solve the problem.

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