How much time will we waste on this ploy?

[Ognir]

Barak: Netanyahu ready to back two-state solution

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085878.html

Last update - 21:55 16/05/2009          


Barak: Netanyahu ready to back two-state solution

By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz U.S. Correspondent and Haaretz Service

Tags: Netanyahu, Obama, Israel News  

 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ready to declare his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"I believe Netanyahu is ready for a process whose end is two states for two peoples," Barak, who is also chairman of the center-left Labor party, told Channel 2.

Barak made the comments shortly before Netanyahu was to set off for a meeting with United States President Barack Obama in Washington, where he was likely to be asked to commit to the establishment of a Palestinian state.    Advertisement



The defense minister said that during the trip, "Netanyahu will tell Obama: We're willing to engage in a process whose end is a regional peace accord."

In the Channel 2 interview, Barak also downplayed Netanyahu's reluctance to support a two-state solution in the face of mounting international pressure to do so.

"The Arabs say 'two states,' I don't see a reason why Netanyahu would not say that at the end of an accord... there will be two peoples living side by side in peace and mutual respect," he said.

The defense minister reiterated that he believed it was possible to reach a peace deal with Israel's neighbors within three years; he noted, however, that it would possibly take another few years before the deal could be implemented.

Barak added: "There is a difference between doing and saying. If one could solve the conflict through statements this would have happened long ago. There was such a government - so why is there no [peace] accord?"

"What is the big difference? The real thing is that the government will be willing to make tough decisions."

Ahead of Netanyahu's trip, meanwhile, senior Obama administration officials said in a press briefing Saturday that Middle East peace agreements were in the national interest of the U.S. They also noted that Obama and Netanyahu would discuss the issue of West Bank settlement building.

"The meeting on Monday it's a continuation of a very close relationship between the U.S. and Israel, very close friendship and cooperation on many issues," said one official.

"This is [the president's] first opportunity to take the next step to deepen and expand this cooperation. And I'm quite sure it will be the first of many such conversations."

[kolnidre]

Even two states is not a solution, and in fact is potentially disastrous. Two states will result in massive land theft and all the Palestinians ethnically cleansed from the territory designated as Israel. It sets up the potential for continued conflict over the borders and who lives where in the new state, and most frightening of all it would allow a Jewish-only capital of Jerusalem, which would represent the capstone on the pyramid of the ZWO.

On the other hand, a single-state solution could work if Israel were really a democracy as it claims to be. In such a state, the non-Jewish population must have an equal vote in fair elections and must participate equally in all areas of life. If it's a "Jewish state," by definition it cannot be a democracy and it must restrict the rights of non-Jews. That's why we have a demographic race going on there at the moment between the Arab birth rate and Jewish immigration, largely from the former Soviet Union with the occasional true believer from Brooklyn "making aliya." But the Israelis know there is only a finite number of Jews willing to pick up and move to the desert and live in a environment they perceive to be under constant threat from eeeviiiil Muslims, so either more territory must be taken or they need to do something about their Arab problem. It would appear from their actions of the last 60 years they prefer to simply cleanse the Arabs out of the territory they claim was given to them by the great real estate agent in the sky.

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Considering Obama is just a Teleprompter reading Puppet just like Bush, it will be according to their schedule. The Jews always write the scripts in this imbecilic Zionist  charade.

[Ognir]

What a difference a few hours can make :lol:

Netanyahu unlikely to back Palestinian state in meeting with Obama[/size]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086052.html

Netanyahu heads to Washington in attempt to bridge differences

By Barak Ravid, Natasha Mozgovaya and Mazal Mualem

Tags: Iran, Israel News  

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to state support for the establishment of a Palestinian state when he meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House Sunday, an aide to the prime minister said. However, in a bid to soften edgy relations with Washington, Netanyahu will propose that joint teams draft a new road map for the Palestinian peace process and a new strategy on Iran.

At the meeting with Obama, Netanyahu intends to emphasize his intention to resume the peace talks with the Palestinians soon, but with the participation of the moderate Arab states. Establishing diplomatic relations between Israel and the moderate Arab states could significantly advance the peace process with the Palestinians, he will say.

Obama is expected to support this concept, but will ask Netanyahu to start out with a gesture toward the Palestinians and to halt all construction in the West Bank settlements. Obama will also ask Netanyahu to declare Israel's support for the "two state for two people's" principle.    Advertisement


A senior Jerusalem source said Saturday that the visit was intended to present only preliminary positions. "At the next stage the teams will try to reduce the differences between the sides and examine ways of advancing the peace process and strategic matters," the source said.

Netanyahu's aides said the preparation talks before the meeting were effective and no conflict was expected at the dialogue with Obama.

President Shimon Peres spoke to Netanyahu a few times last week and impressed on him the importance of avoiding an overt confrontation with Obama at any cost. This could have disastrous implications on Israel's national security, Peres said.

Netanyahu will ask Obama to tighten the coordination between the two administrations in defense and state affairs, and to set up communication channels and joint work teams on the Iranian and Palestinian issues, a source in the prime minister's bureau said.

Contrary to Netanyahu's aide, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Saturday that the prime minister was ready to declare his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"I believe Netanyahu is ready for a process whose end is two states for two peoples," Barak, who is also chairman of the Labor party, told Channel 2 shortly before Netanyahu left for Washington. "Even Netanyahu understands that the ultimate end of the process is two peoples living side by side in peace and security," he said.

However, an aide of the prime minister's said Netanyahu is unlikely to display flexibility on the "two states for two nations" principle. He will tell Obama that any agreement would oblige the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish nation-state.

Netanyahu is expected to tell the American president that he objects to halting construction in the settlements completely, but is willing to take steps to dismantle the illegal outposts, an aide said.

He will tell Obama that the outposts are a legal matter which Barak has been negotiating with the settlers, in order to reach an agreement.

Netanyahu will also tell Obama that without dealing with Iran it would be difficult to advance the peace process with the Palestinians. He will ask Obama to coordinate the American-Iranian dialogue with Israel, and stress the importance of acting firmly against Iran should this dialogue fail.

Ahead of Netanyahu's trip, meanwhile, senior Obama administration officials said in a press briefing Saturday that Middle East peace agreements were in U.S. national interests. They also noted that Obama and Netanyahu would discuss the issue of West Bank settlement building.

"The meeting on Monday is a continuation of a very close relationship between the U.S. and Israel - very close friendship and cooperation on many issues," said one official. "This is [the president's] first opportunity to take the next step to deepen and expand this cooperation. And I'm quite sure it will be the first of many such conversations."

[Travis]

I just spent about 0 seconds.