| superchunk said: Settlements need to be 100% halted and removed if illegal outposts in order for peace to actually be negotiated. Israel cannot expect peace and negotiations while they keep stealing land, it just doesn't work. I hope Obama comes back with more of a tone that links full adherence w/ US funding. :) Israel needs US a lot more than US needs Israel. |
Well, actually time is on Israels side. Soon all the refugees that were driven out of Israel in 1948 are dead, and no one can claim that they need be allowed to their homes, because they weren even born in Israel. And Israel just voted some hard-liners into the Knesset (espceially that tough Russian guy) who basically say to the Arabs: forget land for peace, now it's peace for peace!
The settlers will keep surrounding Jerusalem, that's the big goal. Israle don't care about Ramallah or Hebron really that much, it's all about securing Jerusalem as a Jewish united city. And once you got 500,000 Jewish 'settlers' all around Eastern Jerusalem that have lived there for decades, they can't be moved, not matter what UN or anyone says.
I'd say it's the other way around, the Palestinians can't expect Israel to stop settlements and the merging of Jerusalem, as long as Abbas can't control Hamas.
