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Who said as part of his/her excellent response to my post: 'However: the Israelis, when they were working to establish their own independent state, could not and thus would not stop all terrorists activities by their own people - those terrorists activities instead only stopped after the state of Israel was established. Given that reality, what makes you think that the Palestinians could achieve what the Israelis could not in that regard?'
The Israelis back then managed to get away with that. It's not fair, but I don't see the Palestinians being allowed that same latitude.
The thing is, IF the Palestinians were able to control their populace for a set period of time, it hopefully forces the Israelis to come & negotiate. The Israelis think they're bluffing 'Be peaceful & we'll talk' (thinking they'll never be peaceful). If you can do what they think you can't, then they get hoisted by their own petard.
