Building freeze deal is off the table for now
Rob Miller at Big Peace writes about the announcement that was made that any deal for a building freeze between Israel and the US has been taken off the table, and "negotiations" between Israel and Fatah are not being renewed at the time.
Another reason why? Well:
This doesn't mean, however, that the whole mess won't resurface, and it could be much sooner than later. If and when it does, however, all opposed to concessions to the Islamists must be ready to object.
Another reason why? Well:
The deal was also likely pulled because the ‘Palestinians’ refused to go along with it and were going to say no anyway.Yup. Something the "palestinians" would do well to respect, but are completely unlikely to.
According to one of my notorious Little Birdies, this one inside the ‘Palestinian Authority’, the ‘Palestinians’ were insisting that the freeze include East Jerusalem and that the boundaries of a future Palestinian state be guaranteed by Obama before they would return to the negotiating table.
Needless to say, as much as Obama might like the idea, there’s no way Netanyahu or any other Israeli politician could get their cabinet to go along with it. And thanks to Israel’s new referendum law that requires public approval of any further territorial giveaways, even if they were silly enough to approve it they could never have gotten it past the Israeli public.
This doesn't mean, however, that the whole mess won't resurface, and it could be much sooner than later. If and when it does, however, all opposed to concessions to the Islamists must be ready to object.
Labels: islam, Israel, Jerusalem, terrorism, United States
