Pablo Fanque: Netanyahu’s Palestinian State A Sham

By Pablo Fanque,
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Don’t be taken in by Netanyahu’s Palestinian State.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed a Palestinian state on Sunday, reversing himself in response to, and under heat from, U.S. President Barack Obama.

Unfortunately, Netanyahu heavily qualified his endorsement by attaching more than one deal breaker. "A demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state." Palestine can become a real state in the shadow of Israel. But they don’t get to have an army.

Only a week after Obama's address to the Muslim world, Netanyahu said, in short, that Palestinian refugees could no longer return to Israel.

"Netanyahu's speech closed the door to permanent status negotiations," senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said. “He qualified it. He declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel, said refugees would not be negotiated and that settlements would remain."

This makes sense as long as Israel also agrees to decommission their army. Why would the Palestinians--as wacky as you might think they are--ever agree to these terms?

We even let the Germans and Japanese have an army (when they should still be in the doghouse)! It will be interesting to see how BHO responds to the Prime Minister kicking sand in his face…
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