Netanyahu: Palestinian elections complicate relaunch of peace talks

Netanyahu will NEVER negotiate with the Palestinians. He has made that clear TWICE as Prime Minister of Israel. What kind of fool could pretend he has ANY interest in peace? Indeed, were peace to break out between Israel and the Palestinians, what possible reason to exist would Likud have? Netanyahu must preserve war and prevent peace if he is to remain Prime Minister.

and America and Israel did not the Palestinians speaking their minds. So they were punished. They kept Abbas in power to keep the Palestinians divided, and now Abbas has no popularity at all.

This complicates that and the other complicates the first and we're once again embarked on the long road to nowhere.

Lay it on the PALS and when they get close to the negotiating table, add a few more conditions to make them angry and push the process out until you get everything you want behind your fence/wall/barrier. You are clever, I'll give you that.

Netanyahu is right. The issue of a total settlement freeze is a red herring and is likely being raised by Abbas to sound tough in his election campaign. After all, Israel under Netanyahu is doing less settlement construction than under Rabin, Barak, Sharon, or Olmert. Yet the PA negotiated with all those PMs.

Abbas talks of Palestinian elections. That would include Gaza and Jerusalem. Netanyahu talks of West Bank elections, intentionally disenfranchising residents of Jerusalem & Gaza. And Bibi hasn't decided yet who the candidates will be allowed to be.

to put an end to decades of delaying-tactics, appears to be for the international community to occupy Israel, and impose a solution that is reasonable to both sides. First step would be to liberate all occupied territories and restore them to whichever country they belonged to prior to being occupied. Second is to create a Palestinian state. Third is to nail down final borders for Israel. Fourth is to leave international peacekeepers for at least 50 years (similar to the occupation of Germany post WW2), to ensure neither side tries anything funny. Mutual defense treaties with Israel and Palestine should further secure the security of both states. Alternatively, steps 2 and 3 could be replaced by creating a single state, and ensuring that the constitution makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of religion and/or race. Peace in the middle east in five easy steps. It's long past the point where we can expect you to sort things out yourself...

Negotiations 101. Never enter negotiations when you have nothing to gain. Israel has absolutely nothing to gain by talking to the PA. Even the staunchest "peace talks" advocates can't come up with a single thing Israel could ever gain from the talks. Or a single thing Israel ever has gained from decades of such talks. They bring us nothing but rockets, mass terror, homoicide bombers and disaster. Bibi may want the phony "peace talks". Israel does not. That is why Israel decimated the "peace talks" loving Labor and Meretz Parties. If an election was held today, the Israeli left would be further decimated.

To speak out about regimes responsible for mass murder

They always do and of course this complicates things as Hamas wants war not peace.

If Osama Bin Laden were to run for head of PA he would win hands down. It's obvious that Hamas will win and Hamas is a terrorist organization that actively attempts to murder innocents and this is why they are so popular among Arabs. I think Israel is under no obligation to go along with this "peace" fallacy as its clearly just another ploy to destroy Israel and take our land.

... you can do better than that... ... a bit of fire-and-brimstone never goes amiss...

Voila! ELECTIONS... ...if there were no ELECTIONS, all would be hunky-dori...

Since day one the problem is the fedayins, then Arafat, then Qorei, then Barghouti, then Abbas, then Hamas, then Abbas again...the game goes on and on. What exactly Israel is trying to do ? -finding excuses and pre-conditions all the time -claiming shamefully the whole world is against Israel -crying and whining all the time AND expanding more and more.

which the last elections proved they did.

It really makes me feel sick to my stomach when Bibi say peace talks. If he is really serious, the first thing he would do is change the formation of his own government and change Mr Lieberman who does not believe in peace.

Based on their respective demands Netanyahu and Abbas should know that talks are going nowhere.So, why this anxiety about talks? It's hardly likely that the mere act of talking will keep Hamas,Islamic Jihad and Fatah from shooting. More likely, it's US and EU dollars and Euros that keep Fatah from firing and the Israeli military response that keeps the rest from firing.

In french we would answer "n'importe quoi!". All pretext are good ton refrain making peace ! Election? problems No election : even more problems Salut shalom

in what sense you talking oh i forget you talking like hamas even the stupid won't believe this

Now Netanyahu thinks about the consequences of destroying Abbas. Too late Bibi, Mission Accomplished.

Bibi must be relieved. First of all he tried the pre-condition of recognising Israel as a Jewish state. That worked for a while but faded. Then Hilary helped him out big time by being suckered for a while over the settlement freeze. Now that's beginning to be sorted out, Bibi needs another excuse fast. PA elections! Brilliant! That should be good for another few months. By which time he'll find another excuse. Then it's only another couoke of years till the US presidential race.

she fired her politicians , civil servants judiciary and allow all these talkback experts plus outside countries ministers to run her affairs . are you taking the hint ??? mind your own business!!!!!!!!!! .

This is a man whose legendary cautiousness results in doing nothing, whose administration serves only to stand still but who builds up the conditions for war after he has left office. What he does not offer us is any hope whatsoever and what he's managed to achieve in the few months his rear has occupied the Prime Minister's chair is to isolate us. First it was "they have to recognise us as a Jewish state". Now its "their elections will complicate the restart of talks". I'm sure he's got a list of more obfuscations in his pocket for all eventualities, doubtless all approved by Sara.