Sunday, September 28, 2008

A Tragedy Requires Greatness

By Ethan Bronner

http://web.me.com/mattabes/how_fit/israels_demi.html
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  1. ShamShamSeptember 28, 2008 at 10:30 PM

    Great point - "a tragedy requires greatness." The political demise of a diminutive, corrupt politician does not qualify as such, even if he supports the sacred cow of the left-liberals, a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians to essentially the 1949 Armistice Lines.

    Furthermore, it doesn't seem to really matter much that he's taken this newfound position much out of self-interested political survival than any real intellectual change.

    Abes, you are clutch in pointing out the contradiction that Olmert, as a member of Kadima, which was created on a platform of unilateral disengagement (given the lack of a Palestinian partner), now seemingly believes that their has been a real shift among Palestinians and there is now a true peace partner.

    Pray tell, where is this evidence? Is it just the fact that the PA has realized the futility of supporting terrorism against Israel and is now more concerned with the threat of Hamas, which has shown no mercy to its Palestinian counterparts?

    Very perceptive Abes.

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  2. ShamShamSeptember 29, 2008 at 12:53 PM

    Something else to add. It's not "Israel's Demi-Greek Tragedy," it is the demi-greek tragedy for the Israeli peace camp.

    Given their hierarchy of values, and the fact that a peace agreement with a Palestinians stand atop them, they cannot fully condemn Olmert, despite his corruption and egocentricity, because of the view that he has been very supportive of a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians.

    What makes the title of the article even more silly is that Bronner concedes in the article that the majority of the public does not believe the Palestinians to be a viable partner for pace and despises Olmert.

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