Israel's government hasn't been stronger and more united for many decades. And, the person who heads it has expressed, in various ways, his general perception of such an accommodation, based, first and foremost, on the relevant elements of international law, and based on Israel's best national and security interests. http://www.squidoo.com/best-circular-saw-reviews

There already is a Palestinian state, it's called Jordan.Why don't the lazy beggars get to work and do something with what they have. The last time they turned land over to the palis, Israel was getting rocketed from it within 6 weeks. Israel knows exactly how to deal with the Idle gimmes. An Arabs word is worth nothing. Israel needs to roll them up into Jordan and be done with it.

This is perhaps the most opportune time for the Muslim-Arabs, local and regional, to advance an accommodation of peaceful coexistence between Arab and Jew, between the Muslim-Arab world and the sovereign nation-state of the Jewish people, Israel.

But, do they want to pursue such a goal....??

Israel's government hasn't been stronger and more united for many decades. And, the person who heads it has expressed, in various ways, his general perception of such an accommodation, based, first and foremost, on the relevant elements of international law, and based on Israel's best national and security interests.

Indeed, Mr. Netanjahu's views on a peaceful accommodation are nearly identical to those of the late Yitzhaq Rabin who was dubbed worldwide "the prince of peace". The Muslim-Arabs have a new chance to interact with such ideas and apply them for the benefits of all:

1. Jerusalem will remain united under Israeli sovereignty and will also include the suburbs of Giv'at Zeev and Ma'aleh Adumim

2. All major Jewish settlement blocs will be incorporated into sovereign Israel

3. The Jordan Valley must be viewed in the widest sense of the term and it too will remain under Israel's rule

4. The future Palestinian state will not be a regular one in that it will be totally demilitarized, its airspace will be controlled by Israel as will its boundaries and all of its border passes: land, sea and air

Note, the above are very much within the context of international law accepted by the PLO, and bilateral agreements signed by the organization. It is now the time to reach a Final Status Agreement along this contour that Rabin drew in his Knesset speech of October 1995 and which the present government will enforce.

Will the Arabs, finally, grab this opportunity for a peaceful accommodation...??

Several additional points:

1) The above Contour for Peace is the late Mr. Yitzhaq Rabin view, and perhaps the most pragmatic one, considering all aspects of the Arab Israeli conflict, including first and foremost international law, then the well being of the people and peoples of the region along with Israel's most important national and security interests.

2) The Arabs of "Palestine" - a territory, never a nationality or a state, of course - were handed over 77% of the territory back in 1921. Rabin's view relates only to the Arabs residing outside their part of "Palestine", those residing on the right bank of the Jordan River.

3) Rabin's view amounts to a self-governing autonomous region(s) in which, as called for by international law, the non-Jewish population may be able to exercise its civil and religious rights, while the national rights of this population will be exercise on the let bank of the Jordan River (77% of "Palestine"), centered in Amman.

Truly, the question is: Do the Muslim-Arabs, along with the rest of the international community, want to see an accommodation of peaceful coexistence being implemented or not. My sense, knowing a thing or two about the region, its peoples and its religions, the Muslim-Arabs would not settle for anything short of Israel's demise, sadly, unless forced by the international community that would stand by international law and demand this kind of an accommodation. Under such circumstances the Muslim-Arabs would still not live in "peace" with Israel, but they could justify to themselves such an accommodation "forces" by the outside, i.e. the international community.

The main predicament here is: does the US administration understand this reality, and can it, finally, stand by international law and demand of the Muslim-Arabs to respect it and live by it, or else...??!!

As of now, the writer of the article has not gotten a call back from Joe Shitts office with an apology.

The key point we need to get across to the public is the Zionist sabre rattlers who frequent these comments thread are not representative of a growing number of American Jews who are completely alienated from this notion that Israel must be supported blindly. Most young American Jews have little interest in Israel.

I hear obama can rewrite the history books to state that "they did meet 6 years ago"...