Dennis Ross and David Makovsky in Israel’s Drive Toward Self-Destruction, argue that Prime Minister Netanyahu must offer up hope to Palestinians or face a revived de-legitimization movement. They’re certainly right to point out that the delegitimation movement will grow, but they are wrong to suggest that the answer is for Israel to offer hope to the Palestinians. How facile is that? They argue that what Israel needs to do is begin capitulating even before the negotiations commence, let alone, conclude. They want Israel to give up its bargaining chips for nothing in return. The Palestinians don’t hope to be given a state, they hope to destroy a state, namely Israel. It’s not Israel that needs to prove its bona fides, it’s the Palestinians that need to. The problem with the Ross/Makovsky recommendations is that they are put forward to achieve a pre-ordained (at least by the international community) solution, namely two states for two people based...(Read Full Article)