To Daniel

Reader comment on item: Hold Damascus Responsible
in response to reader comment: A few basic points and a suggestion

Submitted by Tom Tonon (United States), Aug 6, 2006 at 11:49

Thank you, Daniel, for your response. Can you please respond to my main suggestion, that if Israel and the West would acknowledge Fact (1) in a negotiating setting for peace, don't you agree that this would give the Palestinians an alternative to violence? Thanks in advance.

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Daniel Pipes replies:

No. The Palestinians seek to eliminate Israel and your approach gives them implicit support to do so.