We were discussing that at work today. I have some reservations about drawing the overarching conclusion that "Arabs can't govern themselves" from Gaza. When I read Ralph's column, I was reminded that the apartheid regime in South Africa drew the same conclusion because of the crime and violence in the black parts of that country. But when people are in subhuman conditions, they behave subhumanly. Heck, no one drew the conclusion that "Europeans can't govern themselves" during the centuries of conflict, war, genocide, and inquisition there. Jordan, Morocco, and even the smaller Gulf states govern themselves OK. Or at least they aren't the sorts of morass that Palestine is.
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