| HappySqurriel said:
The reason for this is obvious, as a third party mediator you should not be making statements about what the outcomes of a negotiation should be prior to the negotiation happening; especially if you’re giving one side far more than they asked for while demanding the other side to sacrifice far more than they would ever be willing to. I have been reading and watching the opinions of experts on this for the last couple of weeks, and it has become clear that salvaging these peace talks will become nearly impossible now due to Obama’s foolish statement. |
The talks were unsustainable in that direction anyway. Fatah doubled down several times, and didn't get even the most basic point of a cessation of settlement expansions. Clearly their technique was invalid, and a strong hand of third party mediation is necessary to get anything resembling a fair deal for the Palestinians
Use of a strong third-party guarantor is often one of the most effective means of conflict resolution, due to the basic trust issue that exists in most peace negotiations. Clearly one was needed here, when Israel has proven utterly unwilling to make even the most basic concessions in the West Bank
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
