Sunday, September 19, 2010

Why Not A New - But Different - Moratorium?

The bad good news is

Senior Palestinian Authority negotiator Nabil Shaath has announced that the PA will never accept Israel as a Jewish state...Shaath said that recognizing Israel as Jewish state would undermine the PA's demand for the “right of return,” which would grant Israeli citizenship to the millions of descendants of Arab who fled Israel during its War of Independence...


My advice to Prime Minister Netanyahu is to announce a new moratorium.

No, not on construction in Yesha communities.

And no, not on construction in Jerusalem's new neighborhoods.

Rather a moratorium of "peace" negotiations.

If this is the Arab position, we don't need this. In fact, it's an existential attack on Israel.

Let's have a 10-month suspension on talks.


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1 comment:

NormanF said...

I agree with you.

Its the Palestinians who supposedly want a state.

If they're not willing to pay Israel's price to have it, suspend the talks.

When they are ready to act like mature adults, then it may be possible to arrange an agreement.

Right now, its not possible given the other side's refusal to acknowledge Israel's character as the Jewish State.