On Wednesday night's episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Middle East Forum president and author of Israel Victory: How Zionists Win Acceptance and Palestinians Get Liberated Daniel Pipes joined Ezra to look at what lies ahead.
Speaking of how Israelis tend to view Palestinians as a permanent enemy, Daniel argues this viewpoint needs to change to create a sustainable peace. Instead, he told Ezra that Israel will have to work with moderate figures both within and outside of Gaza to create a new nation comparable to other countries, like Jordan or Egypt:
I think if you look closely, if you look at the intellectuals, if you look at the religious people and others, you see that there are voices — significant voices. Israeli Muslim citizens, Arabs of Jerusalem, West Bankers, Gaza residents who have had enough, especially in Gaza, they've had enough.
I do believe that the Israelis, through intelligence, persistent, determined work, can find allies among the Palestinians. And the first place will be in Gaza, I believe the day-after scenario should be Israel working with Gazans to create what I call a "decent Gaza".
I believe that's possible. You don't need the Palestinian Authority, you don't need Arab states, you don't need the United Nations, you don't need Western armies; Israel on its own, working with the right Gazans, can set up an administration, a police force, an educational system and the like and will be decent — not great, not a place where you or I would want to live, but a place like say Egypt or Jordan, where if you keep your nose clean and stay out of politics and don't insult the rulers you can live a perfectly fine life.
That's, I believe, the aspiration Israel should have.
