Peres to Abbas: Netanyahu is a trustworthy partner

Peres has played a very negative role in the process to bring about peace. He, like others, has supported the settlements...including Ariel!! He gave Sharon and the Likud credibility. For all his talk he has done little to nothing to promote peace. what he has done very well is to promote himself.

Golly, I never knew Peres was an Arab Loving Anti-Semite before. The outrage on this forum towards one of Israel's founders desiring peace is astounding.

Golly, I never knew Peres was an Arab Loving Anti-Semite before. The outrage on this forum towards one of Israel's founders desiring peace is astounding.

has he ever done anything for israel that is to be commended?? time for the old folks home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you walk all over the friendliest Country for centuries like Turkey, I feel like for the first time Israel is alone in the World, now from the great suspecion inside Turkey and amoung the citizens in or our that Israel is going to plan some sorth of devistating attact or civil unrest in Turkey to destabilize their country, and they are up an arms about that, reading and watching every news regarding about Turkey, if the medior falls from sky they will think Israel did it, now I know Israel is a strong country and has a mighty military paower and international leverage, but I have no idea if any unrest take place inside Turkey the blame will be put on Israel and God only know what will be the security denger will Israel face from that, I think it is time to get back to normal relations with that country, even not with Erdogan but the citizens of Turkey, we have to find the way, to win back hearts and minds of Turkish peolple as i know they are very sensetive and their feelings gets hurt when they are humiliated by a friend, and longer we wait and more PKK attacks ahpens, things will get worse trust me guys, I know for sure

....as far as they can be thrown!

LOL on Abbas --- dissed by Peres, as if Abbas is an ignorant stoodge... like he doesn't know anything about Netanyahu...

Netanyahu has as much desire for peace as a cat does for water. cut the bs Peres.

So far it is right-wing leaders in Israel who have made territorial compromises so Netanyahu may yet surprise us. The reason for this maybe that if the left-wing comes close to doing so the Israeli electorate can always sabotage the potential deal by voting in a right-wing government. If a right-winger does it who can they turn to to act as a saboteur.

lol thats funny, omg i can't stop laughing.... lol

Netanyahu, a strong person, able to make bitter decision and committed to the enforcement , He is a real partner can be relied upon in the Middle East peace reminds me of Begin, although stringent, but he was a strong partner in the peace that was achieved between Israel and Egypt

The film version had a big snake saying 'trust in me', the real life version has a fox.

What and end to a sometimes useful career.

I don't trust him with my dog ...

What a great assurance from the weather man Mr. Perez? So Netanyahu is trustworthy! May be he is as trustworthy as Perez! "President" Abbas, who made a laughing stock out of himself will most likely believe Perez and flow with his winds.

Just asking?

After the Gaza-Jericho First agreement (Oslo I), Israel was to give Gaza and Jericho over to Palestinian control. Arafat then started an argument: What is meant by "Jericho"? Israel thought it was the city, but Arafat claimed it meant the "District of Jericho" as was used by Jordan, a much larger area. It took months to agree on some compromise, and all this with the understanding that Oslo is a first leg towards a much larger Israeli evacuation in a peace agreement. I hope Abbas does not repeat Arafat's mistakes. Yes, he is legally correct when demanding a complete halt to settlement construction, and even in East Jerusalem, which international law forbids. But better accept some "effective freeze" which would allow only small scale construction, and move on with the larger peace deal. In return for the "freeze" concession, the Palestinians can get some good Israeli concession, such as a larger Area A. Better to have one bird in the hand than two in the Bush. Unfortunately, the opening declarations are not too comforting.

"The second thing [we insist on] is the recognition that Israel is the national state of the Jewish people. If we are asked to recognize a Palestinian state, it is both natural and appropriate that the Palestinians recognize the state of the Israeli people as a Jewish state" - Netanyahu's Rosh Hashana address/// There are two inaccuracies (lies) in this statement: 1. The Palestinians do not demand that there state will be recognized as a "Palestinian state", only as an independent state, which they may call Palestine if they so desire. 2. The Palestinians do not demand that their state be recognized as "the national state of the Palestinian people". They just want an independent state. Period. Netanyahu may or may not be lying to himself too, but the "natural" analogy that he claims does not exist. Abbas is right when he says "You can call yourself "The Hebrew Socialist Republic" if you wish, it is none of my business".

Offer the "refugees (of 62 years) the property that was confiscated from Jews expelled by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisa, Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon as compensation and end the problem. pie in the sky

The rest of the world do not believe it, they are use to Israel saying one thing and doing the opposite.

You can trust Netanyahu to take every action to avoid peace. He was practically bragging about this a couple of months ago, before Obama pressured him to play peace. The fact that Bibi is playing means that he is getting something from Obama. You can trust that Bibi will be getting something for nothing. Playing peace is not the same as wanting peace. You can trust that Bibi does not want peace.

sure, not yield an inch.

President Shimon Peres told Diaspora Jewish leaders "You have to close your eyes" to make peace. Hmmm, blind peace huh? He also reasoned that a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority will encourage Sunni Muslims against Ahmadinejad. Peres' political views are suspect no matter what the area under discussion. He is a self-admitted "Franco-file". Which is "dreamy" as to which country is the most dominant in Europe. His whole approach to peace with the Arabs is based on Jewish subjugation to Islamic rule. He plays with the division in Islam and he sounds almost like a thoughtful person. But still his lack of discernment is clear to anybody who has studied at least a little bit! The Saudi initiative under any guise spells doom for Israel and doom for Jews period. Anyone who thinks that those who have worshiped Hitler for generations will suddenly give up their world view is really quite deluded.

Peres has a very defficent memory, or is lying to his teeeth... Desapointing.

I think he does want peace with Palestine. I know Abbas wants peace between Israel and Palestine. My first memory of both Netanyahu and Barak was the Sabena hijacking back in the early 70s. It was only after they each started their political careers that my opinion of both plummeted. I know Peres and Abbas want peace between Israel and Palestine. The both work for an end to the civil war that existed before the War of Independence, and after. I am not certain that either Barak or Netanyahu want anything beyond personal power and profit.

it must be so. This is like a good cop-bad cop routine.

Yeah, sure.

His "creative solutions" have costed so much blood ,but assured a limelight for him .

Could Shimon Peres just start off the New Year by going away and shutting that big mouth of his?

I WISH TO BELIEVE WHAT PERES IS SAYING ABOUT NETANYAHU ,LETS GIVE THE PEACE A CHANCE.