Wednesday May 25, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's 50 minute speech to the joint Houses of Congress was a great success. Even the White House was "content" with the speech.

It is interesting knowing who was not OK with the speech, who was upset.

Hamas was upset. After the speech Hamas announced that the PA should rip up all their agreements with Israel.

Spokespeople for the PA were very upset. They said that they have no partner for peace. They said that Netanyahu misrepresenting reality. They said that the Israeli prime minister declared a slew of preconditions for negotiations.

Let's talk about the Palestinian idea of "reality." Over the past week it has become clear that the Palestinians do not want to negotiate. They want to skip to the end and get the final prize not only without negotiations but also without giving anything to the Israeli and without re-educating their people about peace.

That simply cannot be done. Peace with Israel requires all of these things. It may take some time until the PA grasps that reality.

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