In a speech in which he again voiced his five conditions for peace with the Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had this to say about prospects for real change in the Middle East:
“… it will still take a whole generation before Palestinians internalise recognition of the state of Israel and its permanent legitimacy”.
In other words, Netanyahu seems to believe that on an emotional level — after decades of conflict — Palestinians will not fully accept Israel for about another quarter-century. That means, Netanyahu said, that a future Palestinian state must be demilitarised, with international guarantees to safeguard Israel’s security.
Netanyahu, in his speech, made no reference to Israeli attitudes towards the Palestinians.
What do you think about his comments?
(PHOTO: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L) speaks to the media during a visit to the Israeli-controlled Allenby Bridge crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, July 28, 2009. Netanyahu announced he would extend the opening hours of the crossing to facilitate the passage of Palestinian goods as part of his plan to ease Israeli restrictions and boost the Palestinian economy. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool)
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Well, let’s see. While the vast majority of Israelis support two-states for two peoples and all Israeli PMs since Oslo have publicly called for this, a poll produced by researchers at the University of Liverpool in April showed that 71% of Palestinians consider a one-state solution (historic Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean) as ESSENTIAL to ending the conflict. In other words, no Israel. And to back that up, here’s what Abbas Zaki, the PLO ambassador to Lebanon said in May:
With the two-state solution, in my opinion, Israel will collapse, because if they get out of Jerusalem, what will become of all the talk about the Promised Land and the Chosen People? What will become of all the sacrifices they made - just to be told to leave? They consider Jerusalem to have a spiritual status. The Jews consider Judea and Samaria to be their historic dream. If the Jews leave those places, the Zionist idea will begin to collapse. It will regress of its own accord. Then we will move forward.
Does that sound like Palestinian acceptance of Israel?
Meanwhile, Hamas is preparing the next generation of Palestinians for eternal war against the Jews:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c id=1248277897225&pagename=JPost%2FJPArti cle%2FShowFull
What do I think about Netanyahu’s comments? I’d say they were right on.
- Posted by HIShmm, well let’s see, considering the fact that the oslo peace agreement is a joke andonly benefits israel, i wonder why it is that 71% of israelis want to accept it and 100% of palestinians don’t.its funny how some people feel that israel is god given right to them and is supposed to fulfill some religious myth and yet is Hamas and the palestinians that gets labeled the “religious extremist”.bib’s idea of palestinains state includes controlling palestinains, air, sea, and land, how is that any different from now? and if hamas is preparing another generation of palestinains for war, its only because israel continues its current policy of running palestine as if it were a concentration camp.let’s get real, peace is not in israel’s best interest.just the mere mention of a “threat” allows israel to take billions in U.S tax payer dollars and continue violating every human rights act ever written. if peace was on the horizon, then it would just launch another massacre in gaza claiming hamas fired a fire cracker.
- Posted by syed