grounds for optimism in the Zionist entity-Palestinian problem

[Michael Eisenstadt]

As these are mine Peepul, i cant not be interested. i 
glance at Haaretz online and the Jerusalem Post too.
the latter is better and is no longer owned by Conrad
Black who is this Canadian tycoon crook media baron
who kept Richard Perle on his payroll.

Haaretz is so-called leftwing, whereas way back in the 
60s-70s, the Jerusalem Post did good journalism in a 
non-political way. They had an airmailed weekly edition
on extra light crinklely paper you could read at the library.
Ink smelled good too. Years later it fell into the hands of 
Conrad Black. I dont know if Black is one of the chosen 
Peepul, he might be although i dont think so.

so what about this optimism?

in recent years Egypt has perfected the supression of
Islamist terror (to the extent that that is possible).
There has been little or no incidents for several
years until the recent Saba resorts terror bombings
last summer (Saba is in Sinai on the unspoiled
Red Sea coast where lots of Israelis on holiday 
spend lots of money). if there is one thing Arabs
are good at its their security police. when Saddam
was the boss, he was the only one who did terrorism
in Iraq. there is no terrorism in Syria. or Iran. or Libya.
and other Arab countries.

ok. compare terrorism in Iraq right now with 
terrorism in Israel. surprise! there are no terrorism
victims in Israel recently. the Egyptians & Israelis
are working on their mutual Gaza borders, also 
working on Israeli owned industrial parks in Egypt
which will enjoy waived tariffs when exported to the
US. think money money money

most interestingly, Hamas has been speaking of 
accepting a hudna with Israel for an unspecified length 
of time.

a hudna is an indefinite truce in Islamic jurisprudence
which existed for hundreds of years in the past 
between Islam and non-Islamic countries (except for
when it didnt). thus Hamas members can still look 
foward to the obliteration of Israel but not have to
be picked off one by one by Israeli special forces. 
after Israel offed the sheik in the wheelchair and then, 
soon, offed Rantisi their next Maximo Leader and 
many others, one can become discouraged 
especially when the strike comes from the sky, from 
an unmanned missile-equipped drone say. There is
a palpable rhetoric implicit in being hit from above,
its hardwired into us.

Iranians just handed over a top Islamic Brotherhood
leader to Egypt where he will be executed - which
shows us how little we know about what really goes
on between governments