Via Friday-Lunch-Club
"... When he demands that Abbas recognize Israel as a state of the Jewish people, he is offering assisted political suicide to the the Palestinian leader.
Netanyahu knows full well that any Palestinian leader who recognizes Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people also acknowledges that the Palestinians do not have any rightful place there. In other words, it is tantamount to an up-front concession on the right of return.
Netanyahu understands that this is an asset that is too precious and too complex for the Palestinians to just give up for cheap - namely, a temporary, partial freeze on construction in settlements (not including East Jerusalem ). In the best case scenario, they will relinquish the implementation of the right of return as part of a final status accord that will calm their nerves about the weighty issues of borders and Jerusalem.
This is what we are likely to hear from the prime minister after Abbas rejects his shady proposal: "When they refuse to make such a simple statement, the question arises - why? Do you want to flood the state of Israel with refugees so that it will be a state without a Jewish majority? Do you want to rip away parts of the Galilee and the Negev?"..."
Posted by G, Z, or B at 8:30 PM
River to Sea
Uprooted Palestinian
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