Why Israel Is Pulling Out of the Peace Process
The decision by Israel's security cabinet to suspend peace talks now that the Palestinian Authority has decided to forge a unity government with Hamas contains elements of reasonableness, realism, hypocrisy and myopia.
Reasonableness: Hamas is an anti-Semitic terrorist organization committed to Israel's destruction. Hamas has not changed in a way that would suggest it is embracing the official position of the Palestinian Authority, which is to argue for a two-state solution. If Hamas were to revoke its Jew-hating charter, cease making it a policy to murder Jewish people whenever the opportunity presents itself, and come to the view that a peace treaty with Israel is a moral, theological and political possibility, then Israel might revisit its position.
