No one seems to be writing opinion pieces quite the way I would, so I decided to do it myself.

The name? Taverns are places where one goes to discuss the interesting events and things in the world, so this is my tavern.

I will offer my views on politics, economics, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I will occasionally publish the entire article from another journal for purposes of causing discussion.

 

The New Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan

The canadian National Post has an interesting - even frightening - story on the Peace Plan unwrapped in Switzerland last Monday.

In Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he "totally rejected" the Geneva Accord, adding it would "amount to suicide" for Israel. Two hundred and fifty rabbis, members of Pikuah Nefesh (Preservation of Life), said Israelis who signed the accord should be considered traitors who deserve to be "cast out from human society and brought to trial."

In the Palestinian Territories the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a terrorist group allied to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, denounced delegates who negotiated the Geneva Accord as "collaborators with Israel."

Shots were fired at the home in Ramallah of Yasir Abed Rabbo, a former Palestinian information minister and the Chief Palestinian negotiator.

I don't know what percentage of Israelis and Palestinians are sick of the killing and want to try Peace, but the extremists on both sides certainly don't want those people to emerge. I am not sure how things there could get much worse, but it looks like things need to get a lot worse before they get any better.

posted by Richard at 8:25 AM