[Dean's World] Dave Price: A Brief Word On The Palestinian Situation

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Posted by Dave Price:
A Brief Word On The Palestinian Situation
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1182029264.shtml


   I'm seeing a lot of [1]gloating [2]on the right about the Palestine
   devolving into civil war, and I've engaged in some myself, but frankly
   we all ought to be ashamed. This is the epitomy of schadenfreude, and
   we're better than this.
   Yes, it's true this vindicates what the right has been saying all
   along: the Palestinian leadership has no interest in peace and even
   gives serious indications they may not be capable of peace, even with
   themselves. But this crisis presents a unique "teachable moment" which
   shouldn't be squandered on [3]smug declarations of unsympathy. Now is
   the time to point to the real lack of liberty in Gaza and the West
   Bank, decry what a culture of thuggishness has wrought, and support
   those trying to end the violence rather than mock them. Implicit in
   the argument that liberal democracy is the cure for Mideast ills is
   the notion that such irrational, deliberately stoked hatreds as the
   Palestinians nurture toward Israel cannot survive in a liberalized
   society that allows free debate.

References

   1. http://ace.mu.nu/archives/230332.php
   2. http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25874_Palestinians_Flee_to_Israel#comments
   3. http://powerlineblog.com/archives/017957.php