Wednesday September 22, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

There was a major snag at the United Nations yesterday, a snag in the direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

PA Prime Minister Salam Fayed and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon were in a meeting with US special envoy George Mitchell and Quartet special envoy Tony Blair. Ayalon asked that the minutes of meeting include the idea of "two states for two peoples." The Palestinian prime minister walked out in a rage.

All Ayalon said was that he wanted to make certain that there would be two states - one Palestinians and one Israeli. Shocking? Blair was taken by surprise by the Palestinian reaction.

It seems obvious. Two states for two peoples should be the goal of these direct talks, not a deal breaker. Unless you're Palestinian. The PA wants one Palestinian state and one bi-national state. The bi-national state would eventually become a state with a majority of Palestinians .

And that would mean the end of Israel.

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