Netanyahu and Negotiation
/The world is watching, and waiting, and praying that there’ll be some kind of ceasefire in the Middle East, some end to the remorseless slaughter of the Palestinians. So it’s almost incredible that Netanyahu places himself above such considerations, in a fantasy world where he is always right and can do what he wants.
His negotiation stance seems to go like this. 1. Hamas are murderers, so they won’t accept this deal. 2. Hamas say they accept this deal, but they’re murderers, so we can’t believe what they say. 3. I’m going to attack Rafah anyway, because I’ve promised people that I’m going to destroy Hamas.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious. It’s serious because he doesn’t ever talk about innocent Palesti8nians, and how many of them are being killed by his policy. He’s desperate to defend his own position, to deflect the serious accusations rightly coming his way, and at some point, surely, the Israelis will decide that he’s not the person to oversee a peaceful settlement. But how long, Lord, how long?