THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO WAKE ARIEL SHARON UP:

Palestinians in statehood warning (BBC, 11/04/09)

Palestinians might have to abandon the goal of an independent state if Israel continues to expand Jewish settlements, the chief Palestinian negotiator said.

At a news conference in the West Bank, Saeb Erekat said it was a "moment of truth" for President Mahmoud Abbas.

It's their own version of a nuclear weapon. Israel can neither afford to treat them as full citizens nor deny them such treatment if they ask it.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 4, 2009 7:26 PM