The Former Mayor's abysmal attitude is hate mongering at its worst.
What any other diplomacy has failed to garner is a sincere definition of Palestinian sovereignty. Coming to terms with that will result in a peace between Israel and Palestine.
No one in the USA has deaf ears, however, there are some in Israel.
...In portraying Israel (click title to entry - thank you) as the cause of the lack of progress in the peace process, President Obama ignores the numerous offers and concessions that Israel has made over the years for the sake of peace, and the Palestinians' repeated rejections of those offers. Not only have Israel's peace proposals, which include ceding virtually the entire West Bank and parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians, been rejected, but each Israeli concession has been met with even greater demands, no reciprocity, and frequently horrific violence directed at Israeli civilians. Thus, Prime Minister Netanyahu's agreement to suspend construction on the West Bank - a move heralded by Secretary of State Clinton as unprecedented by an Israeli government - has now led to a demand that Israel also halt all construction in East Jerusalem, which is part of Israel's capital. Meanwhile, Palestinians are upping the ante, with violent protests in Jerusalem and elsewhere. And the Obama administration's request that our Arab allies make some conciliatory gesture towards Israel has fallen on deaf ears....
The peace settlement between Palestine and Israel can go a long way if there was agreement on what exactly defines Palestinian lands. Negotiations should never be this difficult.
Working with Fatah to limit the impact of Hamas is the best way to a peace settlement, so long as a Palestinian sovereignty can be agreed upon. The violence has to stop. Fatah has been trying diligently to bring Hamas to justice to end the extremism. Mr. Dahlan is one of the best hopes for the Palestinians.
Dahlan: Hamas jails fighter involved in Friday clashes (click here)
Monday 29/03/2010, 23:48 (Jerusalem)
Bethlehem – Ma'an – Fatah Central Committee member Muhammad Dahlan said Monday the de facto government has detained an operative involved in Friday's deadly clashes in the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinian fighters and two Israeli soldiers.
The detainee, a member of Hamas' security forces, has been jailed in Gaza, Dahlan told students at the An-Najjah University, who refused to reveal his name.
Dahlan told students at the Nablus university that Hamas has yet to build anything substantial for Gaza throughout its rule over the coastal enclave "except for the total destruction of Gaza and murder."
Friday's deadly clashes in southern Gaza were the most violent since Israel ended its devastating assault on the coastal enclave 14 months ago....
There is still a lot of fear of Israel by Hamas for the offensive that was conducted under Bush when White Phosphorus was used. It is known it was supplied by the USA military under Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld. That level of determination to kill Hamas Palestinians is over kill. The offensive was far to aggressive for the issue at hand. The violence has to stop and using such extreme weaponry only solidifies the extremist views of Israel and destabilizes Palestine further, while radicalizing other militant groups in the region.
January 15, 2009
Spent shells prove Israeli use of white phosphorus, Gaza doctors say (click here)
Remnants of an Israeli white phosphorus shell, identified by the marking on the outer casing — M825A1 — have been found in the village of Sheikh Ajilin in western Gaza.
Witnesses in Gaza said that the shell was fired on January 9 and was taken indoors as evidence. They recalled seeing thick smoke and smelling a strong odour in keeping with the garlic-like smell associated with white phosphorus...
