Re: Those too blind to see
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Every time the radical Palestinian factions were nearing a cease fire decision or actually declaring a provisional and unilateral cease fire, Israel assassinated a Palestinian leader (usually with lots of "collateral damage" but this is besides the point). And every time, the immediate consequence of such an action was, of course, the resumption of the terrorist and other attacks by enraged Palestinians against Israel -- and then the shelving of whatever progress towards peace was been attempted.
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From what I know this theory of such a deliberate and manipulative Israeli policy is certainly plausible, even believable. Still, would you provide specifics/links to support it?
The first thing that comes to mind were the Palestinian academics who gave presentations on a two-state solution during the first Intifada, only to be thrown in jail for months for no reason. The government of Israel seemed to be infinitely more worried about moderate Palestinians rallying support for a peace agreement during the uprising than the uprising itself, which could be taken care of by Sharon's "break their backs" policy since those Arabs only understand force (predictably this merely escalated things).
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