Middle East: Dealing with the Arabs and Israelis is a drama with no end.

There is a desperate need for a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East. But the last thing the Arabs and Israelis need are phony negotiations. This will only breed disillusionment, resentment, and cynicism about the possibility of peace based on human rights and justice. So rather than enter into negotiations for the sake of negotiations, the Obama Administration and the EU should exert some real political pressure in unity on Israel and the Arabs by cutting off all military and economic aid to once and for all get some commitment, and make clear that the framework for all negotiations will be based on international law, human rights, and UN resolutions. As long as these parties fail to do so, civil society must keep up the pressure through campaigns of boycott, divestment, and sanctions to change these presently confusing and disturbing dynamics. Without someone seriously calling these parties to order, the Middle East will forever remain a powder keg.

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