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| Culled from Isrealmatz.blogspot.com |
The talks that was no talks has served to highlight the sad reality of what the Mideast peace process has become. It is an exercise that none of the stakeholders seriously believes would lead to meaningful dialogue, which creates opportunity for peaceful co-existence between the state of Israel and a Palestinian state, long the wish of the Palestinian people.
Dare one ask how it has come to this? The answer is not far removed from the truth that is a lack of moral courage of the principal players to seize the opportunities presented thus far, from the Oslo accords of 1993 to present day.
With a significant proportion of the Middle East embroiled in strife, this lack of moral courage has very little opportunity to be called out as it should.
In 2016, the hope for a meaningful peace process is dimmed by a lack of moral courage which has as its crutch, a wider Middle East in the throes of an upheaval, the effects of which is being felt well beyond Its geographical borders.
