Oh boy, that sounds serious.
Peace through Strength, not through surrender. Rabin was a traitor for bringing Arafat in. Since his death, Israelis should have been working to erase all the evil he did with Oslo. Instead, they remain fixed to its ‘Judenrein’ aims. BIG mistake. Stand firm, Bibi. The Congress stands with you, even if America’s First Imam stands with your enemies.
First of all, whatever Israel’s chosen path, I support it. That’s a blanket general principle’s statement, that could be nullified due to an extremely bad policy, but that should be understood.
Right now the Middle-East is a roiling piece of real-estate from Syria and Libya down to Yemen and across to Tunisia. Who is Netanyahu planning to make peace with? Is it the older leaders, is it the prospective new leaders?
If someone agrees to peace with Israel, isn’t that the regional kiss of death?
Okay, the older leadership contemplates the new peace plan. As they do, they contemplate deciding to exercise generosity toward Israel. And if they chose this route, they are instantly cast as an old out of touch leadership, needing desperately to be replaced. If they are, Israel loses. Now if they don’t decide to support Israel and develop a harder line, Israel loses. And if perhaps this individual is replaced, the non-support of Israel will be the starting point for the new leadership, and it goes downhill from there.
New prospective leaders will not be able to come down favorably on this plan. It will alienate them, because they’ll have to oppose it publicly to gain support. If they were to support the new Israeli peace plan, they’d be out as a viable candidate to lead.
I don’t think Netanyahu seems to understand what dynamics a new peace plan would set up. He is probably trying to get out front of regional changes, with new contacts and a better chance for peace.
To my way of thinking, his efforts will result in exactly the opposite. Old leaders will have to become more hard line. New prospective leaders will have to do the same.
There are times when it’s best to be the fly on the wall, not the center of attention when you’re already despised by anyone who is going to hear this new offer.
I don’t have the slightest idea what thought process has led him to think this is the perfect time for a new peace initiative, but I think he’s mistaken in his efforts.
waste of time...you can’t negotiate with terrorists or extremists. Israel has already bent over backwards in attempts to live in peace. Time to nuke Iran and use strength...maybe they will understand the consequences