By Akiva Eldar, Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, and News Agencies: Netanyahu demands Palestinians recognize 'Jewish state'
Talkback
Title:Another excuse for inaction
Name:Raphael
City: New York and JerusalemState:
Israel doesn`t need the Palestinians or anybody else to validate its self-identity. All it needs is for the Palestinians to renounce the use of violence, to accept Israel`s sovereignty and it`s right to safe and secure borders, and to accept a peace agreement as a final and binding resolution to all claims. Demanding anything other than this -- including a demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state -- is just another transparent obstacle erected to avoid serious peace efforts.