He attempts to wrap Himself in a cloak of respectability, meeting with Heads of State, etc., while at the same time, He knowingly associates with savage butchers, that solicit their minions to walk into shopping malls and blow up innocent civilians.
Right now, he is running around trying to put a smiley face on the 'backfire' of Media coverage that their cause is receiving because of the palestinians that LAUGHED AND DANCED in the street, when they heard that Our People were killed.
DoughtyOne, you said :
"I have seen no evidence whatsoever that the Palestinians have offered anything in response"
Well you are exactly right. And do you know why? It's because Israel only asks to not be targeted for death and destruction. That's all they want as far as I can tell. Palestinian "leaders" are asking for Israel to disregard all the terrorist attacks and clear the path so especially motivated Arabs can have a shorter distance to deliver their vehicles of death. I don't believe for a second that giving back any amount of land will produce any good effect at all, in fact I believe the opposite is true. But I do hope that one day the conditions will be right for a Palestinian State. I just do see it in the current generation, and it doesn't look good for the near future either.
The simple fact of the matter is, Israelis would be more than happy to coexist with peaceful Arabs, but the feeling is FAR from mutual. That might not have been the case in the 1940's when both sides seemed to be happy to fight it out to the last. But I think Israel/Jews tired of that long ago and would be perfectly willing to share their country with all other faiths. I wish I could say the same for Arabs, but it seems to me that their desire to require and retain East Jerusalem solely for Muslims is stronger than ever. It's complete control of ALL of East Jerusalem NOW, or the jihad continues ... regretfully.