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leveymg

(36,418 posts)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 11:02 AM Feb 2013

The Palestinians may be driving the train, but it's unlikely that they will be

in charge of piloting the plane that's taking off in the U.S. and Europe in much the same direction. There's no inherent reason to expect the current BDS program and leadership will get on board what's now emerging in the west, even less so that all their ideological baggage is going to make it onto the flight.

Israel isn't going away, and nobody can make it, but it must live peacefully within agreed-upon borders alongside its Palestinian neighbors. Those, on both sides, who can't accept that are headed for some form of expanded sanctions.

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