President Obama — like his predecessors — fails to grasp the basic problem: Palestinians do not want peace.
And until a president realizes that basic fact of life, he is doomed to waste a lot of time, prestige and money chasing that unicorn.
President Obama put on his unicorn hunting gear early — usually Peace in the Middle East is a third-year sport, but the frosh president is believing his PR.
This is not a put-down. Every president at some point thinks he’s omnipotent and he will magically cut this Gordian Knot.
His demand that Israel adopt a two-state policy was met with polite diplomacy from Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, who lives in Israel and realizes that the Palestinians want a one-state solution — and that state is not Israel.
You cannot cut a deal with someone who wants you and your people eliminated from the gene pool.
I started to be nervous about this meeting. But then I remembered who the Prime Minister of Israel is. I am confident Netanyahu won't sell out his country for a fake peace.
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