Dr. Ziad Asali, president & founder, American Task Force on Palestine, interview on Rosner’s Guest, Haaretz, April 28, 2008:
“Eventually, however, no matter how Hamas is handled, the fact remains that without progress both on the ground, and—more importantly in the long term—on permanent status negotiations, Palestinian moderates will continue to be deeply undermined. If a peace agreement is reached, and if its credibility is rooted not in words but in implementation by concrete measures on the ground, then the moderates can convincingly advocate their case and win over the public. If, however, negotiations falter, then moderates could loose the leadership of the Palestinian people and be replaced by either Hamas or, even worse, by complete chaos and fragmentation within the Palestinian body politic.”
