Bibi,
So during the election you told your base among the Settlers and Radical Right that you won't see a Palestinian state on your watch with no qualifications. Now when you speak to us in the World, you say that's not what you meant, a Palestinian state is OK, but a demilitarized one. Now, I agree with you on that, for now. It's true that a completely militarized Palestine so close to Israel is not acceptable today given what's going on surrounding you in the Arab world. But what are your thoughts about the future? It's true that the Palestinians have made impossible demands on Israel to kill any agreement, like demanding the return of descendants of Palestinian Arab refugees to Israel proper. Also they haven't gotten their act together to make peace. And its true, there are 2 Palestine's on the West Bank and Gaza, and Abbas can't speak for Gaza when he can't control Hamas. It's also true that compared to the neighborhood there is a de facto relative peace in Israel and in the West Bank and maybe for the moment even in Gaza. But this kind of peace is temporary. Perhaps Abbas and the Palestinian leaders are not so anxious to move forward toward statehood themselves and prefer playing the role of victim. But why must you throw the ball back into Israel's court, making the Palestinians look like the good guy victims they want to be, justifying the mullahs in Iran who pretend to be the defenders of the Palestinians, helping them to justify their nuclear ambitions, and putting Israel in greater danger. Also, Bibi, you even alienated your own Arab Israeli citizens, questioning their right to vote, dividing Israel and weakening it.
The future Palestinian state can not happen overnight and must start demilitarized. But when you expand settlements, you are saying the occupation will never end. Israel needs creativity in dealing with it's existential problem. I think creativity is a quality that you, Bibi, lack.
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