He stated that an official stand as this would increase international pressure against Israel and narrow his manuvering abilities in negotiation on the final status agreement with the Palestinians.
He would rather Palestinian statehood be left an open theoretical possibility which is simply never enacted, rather than simplistically putting all of your ideological cards on the table for everyone to see.
Bryan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad DeLong" <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:01 PM Subject: Re: Zionism and Anti-Zionism
> So is the fact that Ariel Sharon is now speaking in support of the
> rights of Palestinians to a state of their own a positive sign or a
> negative sign?
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> Brad DeLong