The direct talks that were launched at the Washington summit should have one aim - to fix the border between Israel and the Palestinian state that will be set up in the West Bank.
Israel needs a border that will delineate its borders, normalize its international status, end the dissent over the settlements and solidify the national consensus.
This is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's mission in life. If he succeeds, he will have justified his return to power and go down in history as a formative leader.
Netanyahu is now concentrating on the Palestinian track. Over a year ago, he devoted almost all his first meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to the Iranian threat.
The Palestinians were mentioned merely in passing. In their two most recent meetings, the agenda was turned upside down, according to American sources.
Most of the time was devoted to the diplomatic process with the Palestinians and Iran was pushed to the side.
Ending the conflict is a lofty goal, but Netanyahu and Abbas will not be able to achieve it. Not because they are bad leaders or because they want the conflict to continue, but because its conclusion does not depend on them.
No signature can do away with the conflicting narratives of the two peoples, each considering itself the victim and seeing its rival as an unwanted invader.
It is impossible to compromise on a national ethos with the stroke of a pen, and there is no chance today of formulating a joint Israeli-Palestinian narrative.
If the negotiations focus on who is right and who is wrong, and who was here first, we can forget about them in advance.
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This is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's mission in life. If he succeeds, he will have justified his return to power and go down in history as a formative leader.
Netanyahu is now concentrating on the Palestinian track. Over a year ago, he devoted almost all his first meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to the Iranian threat.
The Palestinians were mentioned merely in passing. In their two most recent meetings, the agenda was turned upside down, according to American sources.
Most of the time was devoted to the diplomatic process with the Palestinians and Iran was pushed to the side.
Ending the conflict is a lofty goal, but Netanyahu and Abbas will not be able to achieve it. Not because they are bad leaders or because they want the conflict to continue, but because its conclusion does not depend on them.
No signature can do away with the conflicting narratives of the two peoples, each considering itself the victim and seeing its rival as an unwanted invader.
It is impossible to compromise on a national ethos with the stroke of a pen, and there is no chance today of formulating a joint Israeli-Palestinian narrative.
If the negotiations focus on who is right and who is wrong, and who was here first, we can forget about them in advance.
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