Since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, Israelis have been subject to repeated waves of terror, armed groups have established bases close to Israel’s population centers, Palestinians have suffered immiseration at the hands of corrupt or fanatical tyrants, and Israeli Arabs have become increasingly radicalized. Meanwhile, Israel has received no credit from the international community for ending its occupation of Gaza and parts of the West Bank, while the PLO stands high in international opinion. Efraim Karsh comments on the opportunities Israel has forgone by adhering to so radically flawed an attempt at peacemaking:

March 15 marks the beginning of this year’s Israel Apartheid Week, during which campus groups around the world hold rallies and events for the purpose of defaming the Jewish state and mustering support for the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction it (BDS). Richard Kemp comments: