The headline of this article at Breitbart could be quite stunning to some and I'm sure to a few Israelis, quite unsettling but in it, I see the absolute brilliance of Benjamin Netanyahu. The headline reads: " Netanyahu eyes twice-monthly head-to-head with Abbas." Let's take a quick look at some of the article, then I'll explain:
Okay, here's why I think Netanyahu is outsmarting EVERYONE in the mix in regards to Middle East peace talks. Let's look at each of the players:
Abbas and the Palestinian Authority: This is an annual deal for Abbas - he raises a fuss about Middle East peace talks and typically he takes the initiative making false claims that he really wants peace and then tries to set up the Israeli Prime Minister to become defensive and say "no" off the bat ....then Abbas gets to run to the U.S., to Europe, to Arab nations and to his own people say he tried but the Israelis are the roadblock to peace. Then he sits back and waits for western money to flow in. Well, Netanyahu is brilliant here in that he has turned the tables and has come across as the one that REALLY wants the peace talks and in it, he knows Abbas really doesn't - and it will be Abbas who will look like the resistance to the process.
Hamas and Iran: Netanyahu knows that if he can get Abbas into "secretive" talks about peace that it will drive the Iranian mullahs and their militant proxy, Hamas, absolutely nuts. You wait, you will see the Iranians screaming about how this just cannot be!
United States: Barack Hussein Obama played his cards way to early in showing that he supports the Palestinians in this process and it was evident to Netanyahu that Obama was setting him up to be the bad guy. Now, it is seen how Netanyahu is the one pressing for progress, that Netanyahu is the aggressive participant for peace and if Obama portrays Israel in a bad light, well, the world will see that Obama is NOT a non-partisan facilitator
Back to Abbas: Do you REALLY think that a proven Islamic terrorist like Abbas wants to spend hours and hours each month, now proposed to be twice a month, with a bunch of Israelis? Hell, the likes of Abbas will cringe at the idea. And at the same time, we know by now that the more "chummy" that Abbas appears with the Israelis, the more Hamas will target him - Netanyahu is basically setting Abbas up for some serious retaliation by his own people.
It's my estimation that Benjamin Netanyahu is a man amongst boys in all of this. He has already turned this process into his - it is his initiative, it is his peace talks - the boy wonder, Barack Hussein Obama, is seen as an inexperienced outsider in this and as for Abbas, he never wanted peace talks and now he is backed into a corner where he has to do it.
Pure brilliance, Bibi.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proposing twice-monthly meetin...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proposing twice-monthly meetings with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas after direct peace talks resume next week, a top Israeli official said on Friday.
Netanyahu has told several government ministers of his proposal, which has already been passed on to US officials ahead of next Thursday's talks relaunch in Washington, the official said.
The premier said that if the resumed negotiations are to be successful, it is "vital that they be conducted between leaders" and in the greatest possible secrecy, the official added.
On Thursday, Netanyahu began selecting a negotiating team to accompany him to Washington, his office said.
Okay, here's why I think Netanyahu is outsmarting EVERYONE in the mix in regards to Middle East peace talks. Let's look at each of the players:
Abbas and the Palestinian Authority: This is an annual deal for Abbas - he raises a fuss about Middle East peace talks and typically he takes the initiative making false claims that he really wants peace and then tries to set up the Israeli Prime Minister to become defensive and say "no" off the bat ....then Abbas gets to run to the U.S., to Europe, to Arab nations and to his own people say he tried but the Israelis are the roadblock to peace. Then he sits back and waits for western money to flow in. Well, Netanyahu is brilliant here in that he has turned the tables and has come across as the one that REALLY wants the peace talks and in it, he knows Abbas really doesn't - and it will be Abbas who will look like the resistance to the process.
Hamas and Iran: Netanyahu knows that if he can get Abbas into "secretive" talks about peace that it will drive the Iranian mullahs and their militant proxy, Hamas, absolutely nuts. You wait, you will see the Iranians screaming about how this just cannot be!
United States: Barack Hussein Obama played his cards way to early in showing that he supports the Palestinians in this process and it was evident to Netanyahu that Obama was setting him up to be the bad guy. Now, it is seen how Netanyahu is the one pressing for progress, that Netanyahu is the aggressive participant for peace and if Obama portrays Israel in a bad light, well, the world will see that Obama is NOT a non-partisan facilitator
Back to Abbas: Do you REALLY think that a proven Islamic terrorist like Abbas wants to spend hours and hours each month, now proposed to be twice a month, with a bunch of Israelis? Hell, the likes of Abbas will cringe at the idea. And at the same time, we know by now that the more "chummy" that Abbas appears with the Israelis, the more Hamas will target him - Netanyahu is basically setting Abbas up for some serious retaliation by his own people.
It's my estimation that Benjamin Netanyahu is a man amongst boys in all of this. He has already turned this process into his - it is his initiative, it is his peace talks - the boy wonder, Barack Hussein Obama, is seen as an inexperienced outsider in this and as for Abbas, he never wanted peace talks and now he is backed into a corner where he has to do it.
Pure brilliance, Bibi.
Netanyahu eyes twice-monthly head-to-head with Abbas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proposing twice-monthly meetings with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas after direct peace talks resume next week, a top Israeli official said on Friday.
Netanyahu has told several government ministers of his proposal, which has already been passed on to US officials ahead of next Thursday's talks relaunch in Washington, the official said.
The premier said that if the resumed negotiations are to be successful, it is "vital that they be conducted between leaders" and in the greatest possible secrecy, the official added.
On Thursday, Netanyahu began selecting a negotiating team to accompany him to Washington, his office said.
He is aiming to form a "small team that can carry out under his supervision speedy, serious and detailed talks," a statement said.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, an ultra-nationalist who has talked down the prospects for the new negotiations, will not be part of the Israeli delegation, press reports said.
Lieberman's spokesman declined to comment.
Thursday's summit will be the first direct negotations between the two sides since the Palestinians broke off talks in December 2008 after Israel launched a devastating offensive against the Gaza Strip.
Late on Thursday, veteran US Middle East envoy Dennis Ross arrived in Israel for a final round of shuttle diplomacy ahead of next week's meeting, army radio said.
He will be seeking to narrow the differences between the two sides, in particular over the future of a partial Israeli freeze on settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, outside annexed Arab east Jerusalem, which is due to end on September 26.
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Last time Bibi was in office he gave away Hevron among other things which resulted in many Israeli deaths, and to this day the birth placer of Avraham and Sarah is mostly off limits to all but muslims. Bibi is weak and the PA knows it. We will be lucky to survive this round of "peace" talks.
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