tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post3990375826115251182..comments2023-11-02T12:16:19.495+02:00Comments on The Jewish Worker: Peace now?blukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-5283767863108911282009-07-21T15:10:24.330+03:002009-07-21T15:10:24.330+03:00The problem is that Israel is held to a double sta...The problem is that Israel is held to a double standard. Arab lack of cooperation is dismissed. Israeli lack of cooperation is tracked and condemned as a war crime.<br /><br />Erekat is right. Israel has crossed almost every red line it set in 1993 (all of them if you belive the rumours of what Olmert was trying to give away) while the Arabs have not budged one inch from their original positions.<br /><br />The key to Netanyahu running a successful and popular government is for him to announce the following:<br />1) Reb Abbas, since we still seem to be holding all the cards, here's our phone number. Call me when you're ready to give up your demands.<br />2) My fellow Israelis, it's time we stopped worrying about our enemies and started worrying about ourselves. I'm therefore going to ignore any false peace initiatives and concentrate on rebuilding the Israeli educational system, cleaning up the environment, reducing secular-religious tensions...<br /><br />I guarantee that like any spoiled child deprived of attention, the Arabs will immediately scream and yell!Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571194550300367249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-91970208443603022952009-07-17T06:40:58.770+03:002009-07-17T06:40:58.770+03:00The Number 1 Rule in negotiating is not to bid aga...The Number 1 Rule in negotiating is not to bid against yourself.<br /><br />When Ehud Barak's offer was not even dignified with a counteroffer, Israel should have said, "You have our phone number--call us when you are ready to make a counteroffer," a la US Secretary of State Jim Baker. (Of course, he also said "F--- the Jews; they didn't vote for us.")<br /><br />Netanyahu would still be waiting for the phone call.<br /><br />Israel should ask the PA for "cofidence building" measures before it goes back to the table. The US and the EU are always Israel for them.abiebabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910324719654636339noreply@blogger.com