With the Israeli voters shifting ever rightward, Palestinian statehood was removed outright from a proposed Likud-Beiteinu list platform, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists he still sort of supports the idea.
At least along the lines he laid out in 2009, when he suggested the Palestinians could have a state provided it had no military, no control over its own borders, and didn’t include any of occupied East Jerusalem. He also demanded that this state, such as it is, endorse Israel as an eternally “Jewish” state.
Several other Likud leaders have denounced the idea of statehood recently, but with all the restrictions imposed by Netanyahu, this is likely a distinction without a difference.
For Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, hope springs eternal however, at least on his good days. Fresh off of threatening to disband the PA if Netanyahu is reelected, Abbas today expressed confidence of an independent Palestine in 2013.
It is proof positive that the Dingo ate Netanyahu brains and the Israelis are like mushrooms. Netanyahu thinks a demilitarized Palestinians State with no border and no East Jerusalem is his to command.
In spite of numerous UN res Israeli military is all over the occupied territories, so it beggars the question, how is that demilitarized option working with Hamas in Gaza? particularly now after the recent Pillars of BS with Iran's Fajr-5 zooming into Tel .Aviv.
It should be exatly other way: "Israel should became recognized province of Palestine under UN peacekeepers, disarmed mainly of its stockpile of illegal arsenal of WMD, Zionism should be forbiden to allow Truth Jews to became partners to people in ME". Palestine was, is and will remain the only state with its capitol Jerusalem – zionist occupation will end eventualy and palestine people will enjoy freedom forever…peter czech
Bibi has been a terrorist since birth, and those voting for him are obviously of that same inbred mindset. The abyss is fast approaching. It is only a matter of time before Israel becomes what apartheid South Africa was magnified by ten.
The real story is not about Jewish people but those who occupy Palestine…, most of these people emigrated from U.S, Russia and Europe, 99.99% of them are brian washed from when they were born which means they don't have a clue who they are but rather who they can become and support, the NEO FASCISM starting with an apartheid regime.
Israel seems to have an endless supply of PMs in their garbage bin
World wants disarmed zionist racist state.
So sad to see how badly the Hebrew State has acted towards it's indigenous natives…. Too bad their reference point is Lebensraum……. Check out this post by eric siverson in the comments after article titled "Why the War Party Fears Hagel" by Pat Buchanan December 28, 2012 at Antiwar.com
"The teritorial ambitions of freedom and justice follows the Israel army more closely than the Arab leaders are willing to accept . The muslim leaders and most of their allies and friends wish to support more supresion and death .. These are your only two choices Pat . For me this is not a difficult decision . I find it very strange that a fairly knowledgeable man like you should have such a troubling time with making this decision ."
"supresion and death .. "……???????? Of WHOM….????? &&&&&& by who…??? Seems to me the Palestinians are the ones being suppressed and killed….
A Jewish friend once suggested (only partly tongue in cheek) that the Palestinians were the ultimate victims of the Holocaust.
My OWN country, Canada, refused Jewish immigration before WW2 and, perhaps partly out of guilt, supported "Partition" at the UN.
The only longterm solution to this is a viable and sustainable two-state solution.
Palestinian West Bank and Gaza with open ports/airports.
The current Israeli coalition with their settlement policy dividing walls, apartheid highways and water, and military harassment is doing what it can to make this impossible.
The last century illustrated why there is a desire for a "Jewish State"… althought 1. some of my Jewish friends feel that that need is past and 2. Zionism (and, I guess pogroms) existed BEFORE the holocaust.
I agree that UN enforcement, for now, of separation and a two state solution is the only way. That said, the current heavily armed Israel complete with WMDs, and its unquestioning support from the US means that the people of Israel would have to agree.