Posted on 07/13/2014 9:30:57 AM PDT by Former Fetus
Does Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu really support a two-state solution, or is his rhetoric to this effect disingenuous? Did he genuinely seek an accommodation with the Palestinians during the nine months of US-brokered negotiations that collapsed in April, or was he just stringing the Americans and the Palestinians along, while his heart is truly with the settlement enterprise?
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Netanyahu began his appearance, typically, by reading some prepared remarks. But then, most atypically, he took a series of questions. And while he initially stuck to responses tied to the war against Hamas, its goals, and the terms under which it might be halted, he then moved — unasked — into territory he does not usually chart in public, and certainly not with such candor.
For some, his overall outlook will seem bleak and depressing; for others, savvy and pragmatic. One thing’s for sure: Nobody will ever be able to claim in the future that he didn’t tell us what he really thinks.
He made explicitly clear that he could never, ever, countenance a fully sovereign Palestinian state in the West Bank. He indicated that he sees Israel standing almost alone on the frontlines against vicious Islamic radicalism, while the rest of the as-yet free world does its best not to notice the march of extremism. And he more than intimated that he considers the current American, John Kerry-led diplomatic team to be, let’s be polite, naive.
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And in a passage that was primarily directed at Israel’s Islamist enemies, but might equally be internalized by those he plainly regards as Israel’s muddle-headed self-styled friends, he added: “Nobody should mess with us.”
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“Did he genuinely seek an accommodation with the Palestinians during the nine months of US-brokered negotiations that collapsed in April, or was he just stringing the Americans and the Palestinians along”
The flip side and probably closer to the truth is that it was the Palestinians stringing everyone along.
Go Bibi, my hero!
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“Never mind what the naive outsiders recommend, “I told John Kerry and General Allen, the Americans’ expert, ‘We live here, I live here, I know what we need to ensure the security of Israel’s people.’”
Allen is advising????
From Gen. John Allen: Pushing for Middle East Peace: "Allen, who is supposed to come up with the formula that will allow Israel to pass control of the West Bank, as part of the peace agreement, to Palestinian authority without endangering the State's security, landed the role as John Kerry's top security advisor".
If I were the Israelis... OK guys, here's the plan. You get every bulldozer in the country to line up on the muzzy lunatics neighborhoods both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Back them up with the entire military and tell these savages that they have 24 hours to move into Jordan and Egypt. Once that's done, push everything into rubble, take the entire Golan Heights and build really big defenses along the new borders. Problem solved.
Oh, one more thing. Let the savages over there know that the next rocket incursion into their sovereign air space would be met with a tactical nuclear weapon.
Rubicon ping. Thanks Former Fetus, and from later on FR:
Netanyahu finally speaks his mind
Israel Pundit | July 13, 2014, | DAVID HOROVITZ
Posted on 7/13/2014 5:17:28 PM by robowombat
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