Time For Israel To Stop Telling Abbas He Doesn't Have To Prove He Is Willing To Make Peace

Daled Amos
05 December '10

In this interview with Eliot Spitzer, Michael Oren gives a great explanation of the Israeli position on why it will not extend the moratorium on the settlements.

Nevertheless, there is one part of Oren's explanation, one which he proudly gives, which I find frustrating. Here is the video, starting at the spot where Oren explains how open-minded Israel is at the negotiating table:



Ambassador Michael Oren practically brags:

We don't say to the Palestinians: listen, you have to prove to us you are willing to do peace. We don't say to them that Hamas is ruling half of the Palestinian people--why don't you get your house in order first before you sit down and negotiate with us. We don't say to them you have to stop naming squares in downtown Ramallah after terrorists--the leading Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat this week wrote a letter praising a Palestiian terrorist who killed an Israeli minister in cold blood and praising him as a great martyr. We don't say you have to stop all that or we won't talk to you.

The obvious question is: why not?

The result of Israel's 'righteousness' in making no preconditions is that Abbas gets a free ride while he wipes up the floor with Israel.

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