The Need to Change Palestinian Political Culture

Remember Tinker Bell, the fairy in Peter Pan? J.M. Barrie wrote this scene:

Every moment her light was growing fainter; and [Peter] knew that if it went out she would be no more. . . .
Her voice was so low that at first he could not make out what she said. Then he made it out. She was saying that she thought she could get well again if children believed in fairies.
Peter flung out his arms. There were no children there, and it was night time; but he addressed all who might be dreaming of the Neverland. . . .
“Do you believe?” he cried.
Tink sat up in bed almost briskly to listen to her fate.
She fancied she heard answers in the affirmative, and then again she wasn’t sure.
“What do you think?” she asked Peter.
“If you believe,” he shouted to them, “clap your hands; don’t let Tink die.”

This text is an excellent guide to the policy of the United States and Western Europe regarding the Israel-Palestinian conflict. If you think I exaggerate, consider this statement by then-Secretary of State John Kerry in 2013: