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A Palestinian Choice Israel's PM gets no credit for bending on a two-state solution.
In the ordinary course of Middle Eastern politics, having a "hardline" Israeli Prime Minster call for a freeze on new settlement construction and propose immediate negotiations in order to create a Palestinian state might be seen as a breakthrough, ...(but not here, revealing clearly what the issue really is, and has always been:the annihilation of the "Zionist entity." )
...Netanyahu...said he was "willing to meet" with Arab leaders "at any time, at any place, in Damascus, in Riyadh, in Beirut and in Jerusalem as well" to make peace. He invited Arab entrepreneurs to "assist the Palestinians and us to give the economy a jump-start." He committed his government to all of Israel's international agreements, many of which he had previously opposed. He said "we have no intention to build new settlements or set aside land for new settlements."...(he took enormous political risks to )acknowledge Israel's interest in an independent Palestine...two free peoples living side by side in this small land, with good neighborly relations and mutual respect, each with its flag, anthem and government, with neither one threatening its neighbor's security and existence."...
****In light of the Arab/Muslim response, and the lukewarm (at best)Obama reaction, it is clear that Netanyahu didn't demand enough as IMMEDIATE INDICIA OF PALESTINIAN (AND ARAB)GOOD FAITH: first above all, the cessation of incitement to hatred in Palestinian (and Arab) schools and media and, second, acknowledgement of Israel's existence. How can one be expected to negotiate with someone who doesn't grant the essential element of existence?****
# The transformation of the Gaza Strip into an armed and hostile Hamas enclave is evidence enough of why any future Palestinian state would have to be demilitarized. Nor should the thought of Israel as a Jewish state be controversial: That's how it was conceived by the UN resolution that helped bring it into existence, and that's how it was recognized by Harry Truman minutes after it declared independence.
# For too long the Palestinians have practiced a kind of fantasy politics, in which all right was on their side, concession was dishonor, and mistakes never had consequences. Mr. Netanyahu's speech now offers them the choice between fantasy and statehood. Judging from early reactions, they're choosing wrongly again.