Thinking Behind the Times

2002. These facts, no matter how bitter they may seem, are a historical reality, and to change history is simply not possible for anyone—neither for the Arabs nor for anyone else. In 2002, what was possible for the Arabs as regards the issue of Palestine was just one thing—and that was, that they should accept whatever they had gotten in the form of Gaza and the West Bank and construct their future on this territory. However, unfortunately, as a result of the impractical leadership of their emotiondriven leaders, they have made even this territory that they have acquired doubtful for themselves. The Arabs should know that they cannot obtain anything through violent movements like Hamas and the Intifada. Through negative actions, positive outcomes cannot be produced. Movements like Hamas and uprisings like the Intifada are, in actual fact, simply an expression of emotional reaction. And in this world of realities, emotional upheavals cannot produce any meaningful outcomes. The fact of the matter is that the solution to an issue that prevails in the present can never happen on the basis of the past. The solution to a present problem always happens on the basis of the present. This is an irrevocable historical law. No exception to this law is possible for anyone.