Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Why Has Peace Eluded Us? Ask the Palestinians, Not Bibi.

Jonathan S. Tobin  "During the past few days, those cheering President Obama’s ambush of Netanyahu have repeated over and over again that Israel must make “hard choices” and must act boldly to snatch a last chance of peace. But as Netanyahu rightly asserted, Israel has already offered the Palestinians an independent state twice in the past few years. Until Palestinian leaders are prepared to accept the legitimacy of a Jewish state of Israel the way Netanyahu has accepted a Palestinian one, there can be no peace.
"Pressure on Israel like the kind being plotted by Obama and the leaders of the G-8 this week will achieve nothing since the only hope for peace is today, as it always has been, in the hands of those who refuse to live in peace with Israel."
http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/robertariail
Obama’s Diversionary Tactics: It’s Not About Israel’s Borders  "He knew full well that Netanyahu does not back the Palestinian formulation that negotiations with Israel must be based on the indefensible 1949 armistice lines, or what are wrongly referred to as the 1967 lines. In the days leading up to Obama’s speech last Thursday, Israel registered explicit, repeated requests that he not adopt the Palestinian position that negotiations should be based on those lines." Caroline Glick

Hamas victims of Israeli oppression
"Now the American left is urging politicians not to use Obama’s support for the Hamas-Fatah terrorist alliance as a political football. Of course, they say this not because they fundamentally disagree with the president, they say this because they don’t want Obama to be damaged politically for supporting the Palestinian parties over Israel.
"The Politico reported:"...




Biden Does Not Applaud After Netanyahu Says Jerusalem Will Not Be Divided  (video)
""Jerusalem must never again be divided," Bibi Netanyahu said. Notably visible, Vice President Joe Biden did not applaud after Netanyahu called for an undivided Jerusalem.
""Jerusalem must remain the united capital of Israel," Netanyahu declared."

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