"The Prime Minister and the Secretary agreed on the importance of continuing direct negotiations to achieve our goals," the joint readout said.And to think it only took 6 hours for the two of them to agree on that!
So, does this joint statement mean that the meeting was a success?
"Absolutely," former U.S. peace negotiator Aaron Miller told POLITICO. "Six hours means negotiations; that means that they're ironing out differences between the U.S. and Israel on a formula for resumption."Hey, aren't you forgetting someone?
"The question is whether the Palestinians and Arabs will buy it," he added.Since Obama has made a point of insinuating the US into the talks instead of standing in the background, you have a situation where Netanyahu and Clinton talk for 6 hours--and a commentator exclaims that Israel and the US have had "negotiations" and have "ironed out" their differences. That's the sort of language I would have expected to describe the 2 sides that are supposed to be negotiating, not one side and the hosting country.
Meanwhile, Abbas can sit back and enjoy the show.
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Abu Bluff doesn't have to negotiate with Israel!
ReplyDeleteHe can sit back and hope the US is going to deliver Israel for him.
And will the peace talks resume in the future? Don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
The entire 'Peace Process' is a sham! The Palestinians had a 'State' in Judah, Samaria and Jerusalem between 1948 and 1967. It is NOT about land, but about making the Middle East 'Judenrein' - Yasser Arafat proved that with the formation of the PLO in 1963/4. Give the Pals their State and watch for how long they will 'live side by side with Israel in peace and security'! That cliche is getting a bit long in the tooth, is it not?
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