What are some roadblocks to the road map for Middle East peace?
What are some roadblocks to the road map for Middle East peace?You won’t find many who don’t want to see peace in the Middle East, but the good-on-paper solutions face many real hurdles. Answer: The two-state solution is a three-state solution at this point: Fatah and Hamas violently split in 2007, with Fatah supporters being thrown from tall buildings in Gaza and corresponding retaliation. The West Bank is controlled by the Palestinian Authority and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas. This is the only government that the West and Israel deal with. Hamas controls Gaza and is adamantly opposed to existing peace proposals with Israel, and continues to attempt to plunge farther into Israeli territory by launching rocket attacks into the Jewish state. With no sign of a new unity government in sight, an agreement with the Palestinians at this point would be with a fractured Palestinian leadership. A demand that would never be accepted by the Palestinians: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah