Hostages

All over the bits of my Internet rambling that have a military or political context, there is much comment on happenings in Palestine and Israel. Coming as so much of it does from occidental minds, there is confusion as to what is going on. We cannot understand that the mindset of the area is that negotiation is seen as a position of weakness. Violence and force is what gets attention.

So, I was pleased to find the analysis from a American source that tries to put things into a form capable of being understood this side of the Med. Whether this will have any effect on the real situation I very much doubt. The Arabs will not listen. The Israelis will not listen. Things for them are far too serious other than to deal with what faces them. Now. Without blathering whilst the rockets continue to fall.
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If one follows all the links and other bits, this makes things much more clear.