# Will Israel dismantle unauthorized settlements? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 2, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-israel-dismantle-unauthorized-settlements/498504 "2009-06-02T20:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 118
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-israel-dismantle-unauthorized-settlements/498504/118 "2009-06-16T16:24:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Yet you’ve only provided a metaphor for one side, unless you think the Palestinians think of \*themselves \*as “wolves”. Is that the case? Give me a metaphore that is equally apropos for the situation and casts Israelis in the “animal role” and I’d happily adopt it. Or, conversely, be offended. Frankly I don’t care. 🙂 > [@](#): > > Yet again from you, it’s always all the other guys’ responsibility. Do you not think that one side’s actions affect the other’s in most situations, that a change of attitude on one side can promote a responding change on the other? I think it most unlikely in this situation for the simple reason that it was tried before and has failed in practice - in Gaza. It is you who are demanding unilateral actions - from the Israelis. I do not think “it is all the other guy’s responsibility” at all - clearly Israeli goodwill will be necessary; but without Palestinian goodwill, nothing will happen. > [@](#): > > Apparently not. It’s all the other guys’ responsibility, once again. > > Wishing you had a reasoned response will not make it so. > > Nyah, nyah. :rolleyes: > > I accuse you of nothing that you are not demonstrating for yourself. If you want to continue in this vein, Pit me. Otherwise, confine your bile, please. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-israel-dismantle-unauthorized-settlements/498504)._