Aiming to calm the complaints of members of the Israeli coalition government opposed to peace treaties, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that any agreement with the Palestinians would need to be put to a national referendum before being enacted.
Referendum bills have been regularly proposed in the Knesset as a way to prevent a peace deal, hamstringing the negotiators by leaving them unable to make any deals on their own until a vote.
Polls have shown a large chunk of Israel’s population ambivalent on the peace process, a position which may give the settlers, who are overwhelmingly opposed to any deal, disproportionate influence in such a vote.
A deal is unlikely at any rate, but Netanyahu’s comments suggest he is still treading into dangerous territory by holding preliminary talks when members of his coalition are openly threatening to withdraw if the peace process begins in earnest.
If you think that this man is sincere even to his closets relative by saying this, think again Jason, so saying the truth to his "coalition" or the coalition to him Jason, think again, this is the usual Israeli politics backed by that ketchup man in the regions. How many of these mans been sent to the region fir last 20 years without any peace deal.
Look: the only language Israel will ever understand is a total international Israeli boycott, and that's what is about to happen which is the reason for Obama wanting Israel to be part of UN security consuls.
Sounds good to me. Now let's have a U.S. referendum on continued $3.5 billion/year (or whatever) of U.S. taxpayer subsidies to the zionisti.