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Golan Recognition Tells Palestinians that Time Is Not on Their Side
(Facebook) Martin Kramer - By recognizing Israel's sovereignty on the Golan, the U.S. is telling the Palestinians that the next step isn't a better offer. It might be U.S. recognition of Israeli annexation of part of the West Bank. If you think we won't do it, just look at the Golan. This kind of hardball is probably the only way to disrupt the (totally irrational) mindset of Palestinians that time is on their side - a mindset artificially kept on life support by decades of status-quo diplomacy. The writer teaches Middle Eastern history at Shalem College in Jerusalem.