Michael Widlanski: Why does Arab Palestine fail while Jewish Palestine -- Israel -- succeeds?

Yasser Arafat's PLO operates a failing state-in-waiting on Israel ’s eastern flank , in an area commonly called “ the West Bank .

It has failed in everything but terror for 30 years .

The PLO -Israel agreements of 1993-95 -- were meant to bring an era of peace -- instead, they brought terror.

Some naïve Westerners suggest a few Arab states should run Gaza , maybe the West Bank , too.

Dr. Michael Widlanski is the author of Battle for Our Minds: Western Elites and the Terror Threat.

He was strategic affairs advisor in Israel ’s Ministry of Public Security , editing captured PLO documents.

Earlier he advised Israeli negotiation teams at the Madrid and Washington talks in 1991-92 .