How Khaled Meshal's call for Israel's destruction played into Netanyahu's hands

It's proving again that Netanyahu doing a fine job contrary to Carlo Strenger. Hamas doesn't see Israel as a legitimate state and acts for her's destruction, ignoring the PLO that wants the same result, but to achieve it through political means combined with terrror, when see it as affective.

Why would the west see Marshal's comments any more inflammatory than your average Israeli politician saying they will Settle the West Bank, meaning they will destroy Palestine?

Actually,Abbas gave the speech. His U.N. speech called for nothing less, by implication as to the right of return, for the end of Israel as a Jewish state.

Moreover, I would suggest that Mr. Netanyahu called Mr. Meshal and asked him a personal favor to make acall for Israel's destruction. Of course, Mr. Meshal tried to refuse, arguing that he fills uncomfortable doing that because it would result in the death of many innocent Jewish children and women, but Mr. Netanyahu was very insistent and promised, in return, to give Mr. Meshal a lot of money and weapons (may be even muss destruction, if Mr. Meshal's call is going to be very convincing). Only after that Mr. Meshal wispered to Mr. Netanyhu: only for you, Bibi.

Poor Strenger: he confuses everything. He seems really.not to understand what free speech is all about. Rivka Feldchai can oppose the governments politics as much as she wants. But inciting soldiers to disobey is not an opinion, it is a criminal offense and used to be considered as treason. Same, being able to criticize government policies in Israel is democracy and free speech. Criticizing one's goverment when abroad, in the US, or in the NYT, as so many lefties do, (Peres, Olmert, et al) is just disgusting, and makes you just ashamed of being Jewish. And refusing to sit at the same table as such disgusting people has nothing to do with free speech. It just is a normal reaction of any sane person. And BIBI happens to be the prime minister, and has the privilege.

your opinions are so ridiculous...i can guarantee u have NEVER run a business in your life, it is painful reading

An Israeli government committed to a Palestinian state based on the 67 borders would mean the end of Hamas.

And that's why there is support for Netanyahu in Israel.

Lack of peaceful resolution enables them both to stay in power over their respective peoples.

What is wrong with this guy? instead of saying ok let's not in an illusion. they really do want to kill us and what does that mean to our policy, Strenger ignores the substance of the threat and obsesses over Bibi's purported"good luck" over having it revealed. That is why the left is irrelevant in Israel. They are so obsessed with their agenda, they do not relate to reality at all. The average Israeli is very aware and savvy of his/her real environment and 100 Strengers and Gideon Levys and Amira Haas will not distract them from the real world in which they live. One where the surrounding Muslim Arab majority is jihadist and murderous against Israel and the west.

In constrast to the strange comments that Olmert and Peres make that "we" have to, as it were vote for Abu Mazen, as i we were Palesinians. it will be the Palesinian Arabs to deicide where they start at the negotiation table. all or nothing at all, or a two-states. We have our ellectioss and they have thiers. After that we will all know better.