“What Palestinians really want”

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/opinions/munayyer-palestinian-state/index.html

I rather like this article.

I agree with much of its reasoning, but I would also add this point:  An emphasis on equal human rights rather than on separate statehood would be good, as well, because neither the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip nor the Fatah/PLO-ruled West Bank has an acceptable record with respect to basic human rights and the rule of law.  Quite the contrary.

I see little value in replacing heavy-handed Israeli governance over Palestinians with tyrannical and lawless governance whose sole virtue is that it’s “Palestinian.”

Robert Mugabe made things worse when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe.  Idi Amin was a far more brutal and arbitrary tyrant than the British colonizers ever dreamed of being.  Independence isn’t necessarily better.

Posted from Victor, New York