Israel: let’s give Hermann Munster some face, and don’t give that lying Obama the chance to attack us for not being cooperative. So we will agree to meet, to discuss possible future meetings. It won’t hurt anything
Palestinians: Maybe we can get some more $$ out of it, and “negotiations” always give you a chance for cheap, western - media PR
Kerry/Obama: we have re-started the Mid East peace process!! Be sure glowing editorials are written in the NY Times and Washington Post.
Gee. There have been peace talks going back as long as I can remember. Guess peace talks are not the answer.
Maybe if the bearded savages would stop being savages for a while ....
Well blow the shofar, the Lurch of Peace cometh.
SSDD. The “solution” will again call for Israel to give up even more land for empty promises that the PS will A”try” to curb violence. Israel will also have to recognize an independent Palestinian state but the PA doesn’t have to reciprocate.
The Arabs insist on “right of return” (ie. the flooding of Israel with hostile enemies) for people who have somehow remained “refugees” for 70 years.
Israel insists on keeping settlers in the West Bank whose presense rules out a viable Arab state.
What each side wants is victory, not a negotiated peace. So why bother wasting time with the charade of talks? Let them get on with fighting.