US officials are basking in their boundless optimism toward the Mideast peace talks tonight, with Special Envoy George Mitchell saying that the talks were going much more seriously and much faster than anyone had expected.
A number of US officials have been lauding the progress ever since the talks began, but the actual participants in the talks, on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides, seem to have been predicting failure from the start, and little seems to have changed.
In fact as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used today to remind Palestinian officials that the settlement freeze was going to end very soon, the talks nearly ended right then and there, with the Palestinians threatening a walkout if the partial freeze on the settlements isn’t continued.
Which has always been the likely end to the peace talks. On Sept 26 the Israeli freeze will come to an end, and while there have been some rumblings about the continuation of an even more limited freeze a number of top Israeli officials have ruled this out, and such a move could threaten Netanyahu’s coalition government. At the same time, there appears to be little chance of keeping up the talks over a West Bank state when Israel is building ever more settlements in the region.
'Peace'? – Israel will continue to steal ALL of the West Bank land and continue to run the Gaza Strip as a Concentration Camp.
All of this is done with the approval of the US Congress and with American taxpayers' money.
Netanyahu just laughs at America!
As if Hilary is going to say the talks are bullshit and a waste of time and money. Cut off all US aid to both parties and see how fast a solution is reached. Thirty days at the outside.
Samaria and Judea, the west bank, are the Zionist goal. People that think they have God on their side are probably the dangerous of all. They believe they can do anything, lie, steal, murder, anything so long as they reach their goal. That's what we have with the Zionist and Netanyahu is the leader.
Peace? There'll never be any peace unless the Palestinians role over and play dead or the Zionist achieve their goal of cleansing Samaria and Judea of Palestinians: PERIOD.
Unfortunately the Zionist control America's foreign policy, amongst other parts.
Progess? Netanyahu hasn't given up anything has he? Look at his "accomplishments" and the world turns a blind eye. There will be a day of reckoning. That's spelled out in the bible.
shutting shrillery up would be great progress