One has to wonder why, if the Palestinian Arabs want their own country so much, they have repeatedly turned down opportunities to have one. The reasons they give for not accepting statehood always has something to do with the statehood being offered is not as much as they want, even when it is 99% of what they have requested. Therefore, one may reasonably assume that Arafat & Co. really don’t want a sovereign nation. So one must ask why being in limbo is of benefit to Arafat and then figure out a way to deprive him of this. Basically, the...