US officials insist they still intend to “consult” with Israeli and Palestinian officials regarding the prospect of restarting the stalled peace talks, but it seems the process is nearing a formal end today after the US confirmed they will no longer push Israel to freeze settlement construction.
The US has been pressing Israel on the freeze for an entire month now, offering the nation billions of dollars to agree to just three months of partial freeze, a condition the Palestinian Authority insists it needs to continue. Israeli officials suggested such a deal was close, but no vote was ever taken, and the Israeli government has since announced several more major settlement expansions.
In the absence of a freeze it seems virtually impossible that the talks will restart, and the PA is said to be considering a last ditch attempt at unilateral statehood, and barring that dissolving outright.
Israeli officials have blamed WikiLeaks for the end to the freeze talks, bizarre since there had been no progress on the matter in the weeks leading up the recent leaks. US State Department officials instead blamed the Israeli wildfires, but it seems the reality is that the far-right government in Israel was solely motivated by the prospect of coaxing ever larger amounts of war funding out of the US and its grudging acceptance of a bribe-motivated freeze was never going to result in serious peace talks.
What a farce… but lets not pretend americans give a shit.
now it just a matter of time before the major event needed to drive the rest of the palestinians in to jordan egypt and syria.
and since the true face of our world has been coming out with its reaction to julian assange and wikileaks i may as well say it
if you care for peace in palestine the only groups you should be supporting are hamas and hezbollah
quote the zionist – "some people only understand force"
wait.. how could the US just 'give up' ? Couldn't we withdraw AID like in any other country?..Ha ha, I know… I just wonder how much longer so many people could be blind to what is such an obvious reality.
Obama is a pussy and the US Congress is a bunch of whores.
Hey, America- how does it feel to be Israel's prison b*tch? The government thinks it's got a handle on things, but in the end- as always- Israel gets what it wants, regardless of how it affects or harms the interests of the US or it's citizens.
I 'm going to have to agree with the above poster who noted that it seems the only credible groups in Palestine's corner are Hamas and Hezbollah. To quote a song, with regard to the Israelis: "The only thing they understand is money and blood. So if blood is to be shed, so let it be." Palestine will be free- peacefully if possible, by force if necessary… but it will be free.