Former Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar of the Rightwing Partido Popular writes a great essay. He calls any UN recognition of a Palestinian state mistake, that will not lead towards. Aznar rightfully points out the Palestinians don’t want peace for Israel. They now include Hamas in their government, which indicates their true intentions.
The unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, and its international recognition, would be a huge mistake. A peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians is essential, but it can only be achieved through honest negotiations –not by any party imposing a unilateral decision.
Over the past two years, the Palestinian Authority has refused to sit at the negotiating table with the Israeli government, hiding behind the excuse of Israeli construction work on a few West Bank settlements. At the same time, however, it has been negotiating the creation of a national unity government with Hamas, a terrorist group whose stated aim is the elimination of Israel.
A Palestinian “government” of a unilaterally established, self-declared “Palestinian state,” in which Hamas is a member of the governing coalition, will make negotiations, much less a peace agreement, impossible: no negotiation is possible, and no agreement is possible, when one side is committed to the other’s destruction.
Jose Maria Aznar understands the situation better than most Western leaders. The Palestinians and Arabs don’t want peace with Israel. A UN recognition is a reward for terror. It’s a shame we don’t have more Aznars as leaders in the western world.
Tags: Jose Maria Aznar, Palestinian State, Partido Popular, United Nations
