Thomas Friedman Got It Wrong

Thomas Friedman of The New York Times got it all wrong when he wrote recently that Israel should make every effort to make a deal with The Palestine Authority. There can be no rush now to settle with the Palestineans until the revolution that is begining in the Middle-East progresses and eventually subsides. Making a deal now would without a clear understanding as to how the revolutionary forces will affect those countries would place Israel in a very precarious and dangerous position. Friedman does not  understandthat the Arabs including the  Palestineans wish only to destroy Israel. Their game is to negotiate with the idea that one day they will take back all the land ceeded to them through the peace process. Friedman is a brilliant journalist. His books and ideas are to be well respected. But,  when it comes to the middle-east he just doesn't  get it. He does not understand the Arab mind, and until hedoes he will never be clear as to what action Israel should take.