Obama has met with P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas today where they came to a complete agreement that "We're going to have to take some tough political decisions" whatever that is supposed to mean...
In the meantime Israeli P.M. Netanyahu says “We won’t allow the establishment of a Palestinian state so that it will continue the conflict, so it needs to recognize the state of the Jews"...
even though Mr. Abbas has made it quite clear in the past that the Palestinian recognition of Israel as a state is "Not Possible".
Now we have John Kerry who recently said “I think it’s a mistake for some people to be, you know, raising it again and again as the critical decider of their attitude towards the possibility of a state and peace, and we’ve obviously made that clear,â€
Which means that America's policy seems to be that Israel should not expect to be recognized as a state in order to make peace with the Palestinians..
I personally don't think that any peace is possible here.. call me a pessimist or call me a realist or call me a Zionist...
If even the US is telling Israel to just accept that your neighbors are just bent on your NON-existence.. just accept that and make "peace". Now I'm well aware that there was some settlement problems.. but it seems to me that Israel has been pretty keen on making concessions to the Palestinian people such as (yes) giving back land.. releasing terrori(excuse me) POWs.. but since Palestinians seem to base the roots of their culture on hating Jews I'm afraid I just don't see any peace happening here.. call me crazy.. It seems to me that the only way that Palestinians would ever accept peace with the Israelis is if the Israelis packed up and moved out of Israel.. which clearly isn't going to happen.. so clearly we have the same old story..
What is peace supposed to look like when your neighbor doesn't recognize your right to exist?
I'm sure many will say lots of things about "apartheid" and "civil rights"... but I daresay that these things were not implemented in a vacuum... If you are confused as to my meaning.. ask the people in Boston last year that had their neighborhoods turned into a police-state for 2 people.