12/06/2011

Why the Israeli's aren't at "the damn table"

Posted by Brian
h/t to Sunny Abarbanel

Why they aren’t at “the damn table”


One of the themes of the Obama Administration’s policy is that Israel is responsible for the non-progress of the ‘peace process’ between Israel and the PLO.
For example, last week the US Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, said this directly:
“I understand the view that this is not the time to pursue peace, and that the Arab awakening further imperils the dream of a safe and secure, Jewish and democratic Israel. But I disagree with that view,” Panetta said.
He said Israel needed to take risks, including by breathing new life into moribund peace talks with Palestinians. When asked by a moderator what steps Israel needed to take to pursue peace, Panetta said: “Just get to the damn table.”

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