Aug
25
Uri Avnery’s analogy of Israel’s behavior vis-a-vis the occupation as a drug addiction, is extremely apt. It is only way to explain the extremely self-destructive behavior of the Israeli government and army. The results, are of course, sadly predictable.
“The road Map is dead, because Sharon was against it from the beginning, Bush saw it only as a photo opportunity on a nice background and Abu-Mazen did not get from Israel and the US anything that he could present as a Palestinian achievement.”
I am also less optimistic than Avnery’s conclusion. Drug addicts rarely kick the habit without outside help and intervention. And George Bush, an addict himself, isn’t the one to provide that help.