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How Does Turning Down a $50 Billion Economic Plan Help the Palestinians?
(The Hill) Alan Dershowitz - If Palestinian leaders were to sit down and negotiate about the proposed U.S. peace plan, they could quickly improve the quality of life of their people. But as Israeli diplomat Abba Eban once quipped, the Palestinian leadership "never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Palestinian leaders seem to care less about helping their people and more about hurting Israel. They seem to want their own state less than they want there not to be a neighboring nation-state of the Jewish people. Well, they are not going to accomplish that goal. Palestinians must come to recognize the reality that Israel is here to stay, whether they like it or not. The remaining question is whether there will ever be a viable Palestinian state living in peace with Israel. That is largely up to Palestinians. The writer is Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School.