The Obama Administration continues to scramble around trying to find a last-second solution, while criticizing Israeli and Palestinian officials for “jeopardizing” the talks. It all seems academic at this point, however.
There’s been no formal declaration to that effect, and technically the schedule for the current round of talks to end is a few weeks out, but all indications are that there won’t be any more negotiations.
Israel reneged on a prisoner release scheduled for Saturday, and today retroactively blamed it on the PA signing 15 UN conventions, which happened three days later. Either way, they insist the release won’t happen at all.
The PA, likewise, insist they aren’t going to rescind those signatures, and don’t seem to even be considering a scenario where they return to the talks without the prisoners getting released.
Israel’s Jewish Home faction is apparently at the center of the prisoner dispute, and has threatened to withdraw from the coalition over prisoner releases in recent talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
No USG dare to support Palestinians cause, they simply cannot effort losing their monster in Middle East. Israel is a the country for USG warmongering system, Israel support for USG creating wars all over Middle East us as vital as Saudis buying weapons from USG, losing Israel means USG losing the entire Arab world weapon sales. Beside, every and any USG is bound by Israelis government decisions which governs the USG. You want for peace to work, then you need to boycott Israel for Israel to understand that you mean it, otherwise your peace talk is just a hot air, as always.
I guess the Palestinians finally gave up on getting any justice from the USA – they were foolish not to go to the UN a lot sooner. The Israelis are cheats and liars – the USA loves them but the World knows better.
Naftali Bennett has made it abundantly clear for a long time that there is no possibility of a 2-state solution…there is only the Jewish State solution.
The peace talks were never anything but a sham.
The Palestinians set to be released have been over twenty years under incarceration. Even for serious crimes, in normal nations (ie NOT the USI) that is more than enough, and it is unlikely they had committed real crimes anyway. How many Israeli "settlers" and "IDF" murderers are in Israeli (or Palestinian!!) prisons?
Israel can be counted on for three things-murder, theft and mendacity. Peace is the last item on their agenda.
Peace talks? Is that the right term? Shouldn't it be "israel continues to do whatever the f**k it wants and the Palestinians have to continue to bear the brunt" talks?