As I said the other day, it is just the same old tactics being used by the
Israeli leadership. In their minds, such ruses have worked successfully in
their favor for decades, so why change the formula?

As we have discussed before, a temporary peace may eventually be achieved
under the presumed seven-year peace agreement -- or "Holy Covenant"
according to our current understanding of the Daniel prophecies-- but it
won't last, because it will be based upon lies and deceit.


Politics Over Peace

New York Times Editorial

November 12, 2010


Early in his most recent tenure, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin
Netanyahu, spent a lot of time trying to persuade President Obama and others
that he was serious about making peace with the Palestinians. Only a
hard-liner, like him, could pull it off. If only.

With the peace process crumbling, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
met with Mr. Netanyahu for seven hours on Thursday. She went in insisting
that she still believes that Mr. Netanyahu and the Palestinian president,
Mahmoud Abbas, are "very committed to a two-state solution." There was no
sign of a breakthrough.

If Mr. Netanyahu is willing to make the hard choices necessary for peace,
it's not evident these days. What is evident is that he has decided that
mugging for his hard-line coalition is more important than working with
President Obama to craft a peace deal -- and counting on his newly empowered
Republican allies on Capitol Hill to back him up, no matter what he does.

Since last week's American elections, Mr. Netanyahu's government has
published plans for 1,000 new housing units in a contested part of
Jerusalem. That same day, on a trip to the United States, Mr. Netanyahu
implicitly faulted Mr. Obama for not threatening to attack Iran. "If the
international community, led by the United States, hopes to stop Iran's
nuclear program without resorting to military action, it will have to
convince Iran that it is prepared to take such action," he told the Jewish
Federations of North America.

President Obama hasn't taken anything off the table, while working hard to
persuade countries around the world to impose increasingly tough sanctions
on Iran. We don't know if sanctions will ever be enough to stop Iran's
nuclear ambitions, but we know Tehran is feeling the heat. We also know
knee-jerk threats about force would rally international sympathy to Iran and
strengthen the mullahs' hands at home.

What Mr. Netanyahu does not seem to realize is that a peace deal with the
Palestinians is not a favor to President Obama. It is vital to Israel's
long-term security. If he squanders this moment, the only ones who can
celebrate are the extremists.

Both Palestinians and Israelis need to do more to salvage the negotiations.
Mr. Netanyahu has refused President Obama's request to extend a moratorium
on construction in the Jewish settlements for a modest 60 days. Mr. Abbas
has refused to meet until the building stops. Still, we think the burden is
on Mr. Netanyahu to get things moving again. Resuming the moratorium will in
no way harm Israel's security or national interest.

The Obama administration deserves credit for not throwing up its hands. In
her marathon session with Mr. Netanyahu, Mrs. Clinton plugged away on a
package of generous (overly so, to our minds) incentives and security
guarantees that might induce him to revive the moratorium and get back to
the bargaining table. She also met with Egypt's foreign minister to rally
more Arab support for the peace process and announced $150 million in
additional aid to help the Palestinian Authority build its capability to
govern.

Mr. Netanyahu is to meet with certain members of his cabinet on Saturday and
then the full cabinet on Sunday, reportedly to discuss his trip. It's time
for him to stop playing games, reinstate the moratorium, get back to
negotiations and engage seriously in a peace deal.



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