(Ha'aretz) Ari Shavit - The Palestinians continue to declare that the struggle will continue until every bit of Palestinian land has been liberated. And even worse: by torching the synagogues and storming the Philadelphi route, they are signaling that they do not intend to behave as a responsible state. From their perspective, what was is what will be: diplomacy and terror, negotiations and violence, a pragmatic authority and a Hamas authority. This time, the Palestinians will not be able to blame anyone else. Following the disengagement, it is the Palestinians who bear principal responsibility for their own fate, their own future, and their own actions.
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