An article in Haaretz today describes the problems that the Palestinians have with the current moratorium extension proposal. The article quotes an unnamed Israeli official as saying:
The political benefits that Israel would receive as part of the package of understanding with the U.S. are not acceptable to the Palestinians because they ease some of the pressure on Israel and make it impossible for [the Palestinians] to apply their strategy of evading direct talks and of trying to force Israel into an arrangement through UN resolutions.
The US must discourage this kind of thought process. This cannot be an option afforded the Palestinians because if they were to choose it and the US were to back off, the result would be persecution of Israel on a scale never before witnessed and of Jews on a scale witnessed all too often throughout history. The US must stand up for Israel. So, if in fact, this really is the Palestinian strategy, and it appears to be, the Palestinians must be forced to abandon it.
For more on this, you may want to visit the We Are For Israel blog, where Rabbi Micky Boyden and myself have been writing about the various proposals and counter proposals going on.
talk talk talk
blame blame blame
nothing changes :(
Just the reality. Nothing CAN change until the Palestinians stop trying to win the war of 1948 and eliminate the Jewish state. Even the most reasonable of proposals by them at the moment would lead to Israel being in a far worse position than it was in 1967 before the war. The Palestinians do not seem close to accepting anything that might work, neither do the rest of the Arab nations. Until that changes, all that can happen is more talk and more blame, because nothing can be accomplished.