May 18-2009:
What Difference Would Netanyahu Bring To The Peace Process?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu like his predecessors, does not truly believe that the Palestinians can govern themselves, much less have a sovereign state.
They will always fear Palestinian revenge for the atrocities Israel have inflicted upon them, plus the daily check points, joblessness, consumer goods curtailments that Israel imposes across that border, and the prevention of Palestinians from travelling at will across the border to Israel to meet with relatives.
Recently, the war between Hamas and Israel is just another one of those conflicts that will continue to happen, as long as Israel continues to arbitrarily inflict severe pain via it's military, it's border curtailments, and it's oppression of the Palestinian people..
I do not expect anything tangible to come out of this visit between Netanyahu and president Obama today, because the Israeli Prime Minister is a known Conservative in belief and politics. He may go along with the inherited Peace Process proposals, but his commitment to that process is questionable!
Derryck.
NYC.