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The New Israeli Coalition Is Not to Blame for Palestinian Violence
(Washington Post) Gil Troy - In their Dec. 1 op-ed, Daniel C. Kurtzer and Aaron David Miller predicted that the new Israeli coalition government's agenda could "intensify" Palestinian terrorism. They somehow overlooked that the most recent surge of Palestinian violence, which has murdered 31 innocents and injured dozens more, began months ago with a very different Israeli coalition in charge. Moreover, Israelis experienced the worst wave of Palestinian terrorism 20 years ago, under governments that were willing to make the kind of territorial concessions to Palestinians Mr. Miller and Mr. Kurtzer have long championed. Exaggerating the impact that one or two cabinet members can make on any country is unsophisticated - as so many Washingtonians know. And implying that Palestinian terrorists launch their violent assaults on commuters, shoppers, drivers and pedestrians as responses to one Israeli government or the other is simply obscene. The writer is a Distinguished Scholar of North American History at McGill University.