i have to disagree here.
rolling over is what got people we now refer to as palestinians in trouble in the first place. they believed the world community and they believed the zionists. worstly they believed their arab cousins.
the early 90s marked a very peaceful time, the end of the first intifada and deals for peace. all that really happened was increased settler construction.
the only reason we are approaching an endgame is because of this, second intifada. the only reason we're seeing a possible and historic likud-labour coalition in the knesset is because sharon, as much as i hate his blood-soaked innocent-killing past, has realized that ultra-right participation in israel's decisions can only mean more israeli innocents killed.
this is all because the situation on the ground and in the settlements is becoming untenable, it is because palestinians are no longer the pushovers they once were. they are actually fighting back.
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