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Financial Times: Israel Should Abide by Palestinian Demands

The Financial Times has been a long-time cheerleader for supposed Hamas “moderation”, blaming settlements for the impasse in the moribund peace process. This trend continues in the FT’s latest editorial. But what does this mean?…

Simon Plosker
February 8, 2012
12:00 am

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The move towards reconciliation with Fatah could encourage Hamas to moderate its positions further. Direct attacks on Israel have fallen sharply and as far back as 2007 Hamas agreed to respect PLO accords, which include recognition of Israel, in return for withdrawal to pre-1967 borders. Israel itself should abide by those deals.

As part of the Oslo Accords, Israel did indeed make agreements with the PLO. Withdrawing to the pre-1967 borders was certainly not one of those agreements, nor has it ever been agreed upon with the Palestinians. So why then should Israel abide by deals that it never made?

Is the FT just confused or is it really that one-sided?

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Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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