Ah, the Palestinians. Never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Richard Baehr nails it in "The Palestinians Have no Interest in Peace."
Sadly, the righteous goal of a two state solution seems desired by only one of the two states. A state for me, and into the sea for thee. Remember when commentators lamented that if only Arafat would FOAD, then the Palestinians could move on under new leadership and finally forge a lasting peace? Riiiiight.
Last semester at my school there was a debate between two professors over boycotting Israel. One professor argued that, well duh! Of course we should boycott them, they're mean, bad, and wrong! The other side of the argument, from the other professor, had nothing to do with defending Israel's actions or calling into question the terror tactics employed by the Palestinians. Instead the argument continued to assume that Israel is mean, and bad, and wrong, but that a boycott would harm those Israelis that ALSO did not agree with their country's meanness badness and wrongness. A debate, by two prominent faculty members, that presupposed Israel's guilt, but conflicted only on how best to punish her.
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