The following is a comment I posted to an article in the GuardianUK by yet another individual that claims to not believe Binyamin Netanyahu's intentions regarding peace.
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I also used to very much doubt Netanyahu's intentions. But as we've learned with previous Israeli hawks like Ariel Sharon, politicians with responsiblity do change. I'm an Israeli and I today firmly believe Netanyahu has every intention in trying to come to an agreement with the Palestinians.
What I don't believe is that the Palestinians have any intentions in making peace with Israelis. Whether it be their waiting 9 months into Netanyahu's building freeze of 10 months to agree to discussions, then threatening to walk away if building is resumes, which makes it obvious they're not in for an agreement, only to passify the
American president and want to put blame on the Israelis. Abbas' declaration that he Can't make even one concession, hardly the attitude of peace and reconcilliation, or Palestinian peace negotiator Nabil Sha'ath's delcaration that The PA will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Meaning that their intention in the future is to get the international community to force Israel to allow millions of Palestinians to move back to Israel and transform Israel into the third Palestinian state (Gaza, and the West bank being the first three).
Indeed, over the years I've seen Israeli leaders from Yizhak Rabin who signed an agreement with the Palestinians, to Ehud Barack that offered 93% of the land for a Palestinian state and withdrew Israeli troops from Lebanon, to Ariel Sharon who withdrew Israeli communities from Gaza, to Netanyahu who for the first time in Israeli history agreed to a construction freeze make concession after further reaching concession, and all Israel gets is more demands and more bloodshed. I, along with the rest of middle Israel say no more. We want peace, but not at any cost. And until the Palestinians show a willingness to bring an end to the conflict, stop the incitement, and understand they have to both make concessions and recognize that Israeli is Jewish as in two states for two peoples, there will be no peace.
We want peace, unlike that horribly offensive article on the cover of Time Magazine tries to convince the world. Our problem is that the Palestinians don't. They want their cake and to eat it too, all without having to lift a finger.
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