(Federalist) David Harsanyi - It's not just the incendiary use of "apartheid" that's the problem, but the well-worn canard about Israel that Kerry rests his position on. The theory goes like this: Arab birthrates in Israel and the Palestinian territories will continue to be higher than those of the Jews. And at some point, Arabs will become the majority in all the areas that Israel governs and then Jews will be impelled to act like a bunch of Afrikaner Brownshirts to survive. There are two key problems with this theory: 1. The demography apocalypse isn't happening. 2. Even if it was, it would have absolutely nothing to do with today's peace negotiations or the status of the territories administered by Israel. For decades Israelis have been hearing how they will be outnumbered, yet the population trends haven't changed much. The demographic time bomb is a dud. Kerry suggests that a change of Israeli or Palestinian leadership might offer better conditions for an agreement on the future Palestinian state. This is an interesting assertion considering Fatah has been the only entity to negotiate for Palestinians, while Israel has engaged in peace talks with the Labor party, Likud party, and Kadima party, and it has made absolutely no difference in the outcome.
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