By former Liberal Party minister Michael Costello, in today's Australian:
On October 22, 2002, Hezbollah's present leader Hassan Nasrallah, said: "If they (the Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide."This is the true heart of the problem. The Palestinian issue cannot be resolved because a significant part of the Arab and Muslim world still do not accept Israel's right to exist. They will not accept the two-state solution beloved of analysts because they do not accept the existence of one of those two states, Israel. This is just not a matter of politics to them; it is a matter of religion. It is non-negotiable.
In Australia, the Liberals are the conservatives, Labor are the liberals. Costello used to be the Foreign Affairs Minister for PM John Howard, but apparently lost out in some sort of intra-party succession battle. Any enlightenment on that would be welcome.
