Israel's Netanyahu Says Any Accord With Palestinians Will Likely Result In A "Cold Peace"

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that any agreement to emerge from newly restarted talks with the Palestinians will likely initially result in a “cold peace,” and therefore Israel must insist on “iron-clad security arrangements” to protect itself in case the accord collapses.

Netanyahu’s cautious outlook in a video address to the Brookings Institution in Washington came a day after President Barack Obama gave an optimistic prognosis before the same audience, insisting a peace framework could be attained in a matter of months.

The Obama administration embarked on an ambitious nine-month process in July to try to resolve the Israeli and Palestinians’ decades-long conflict. The sides only agreed to enter talks after heavy American pressure and have since held a series of quiet meetings that have resulted in no tangible results, yet plenty of finger-pointing.

The Palestinians accuse Israel of negotiating in bad faith by continuing to build settlements in areas they hope will become part of a future Palestinian state. Israel counters it is the Palestinians who are preventing peace because they continue to refuse to recognize it as a Jewish state.

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[BlueToTheBone]

1. How old is that assh*le?

I mean really, Bibi, move on, already. The world needs you to become enlightened and I think the only way you could do that is to leave your body. Come on, Bibi, give the world a break!

[oberliner]

4. Younger than Clinton and Bush

You are calling for him to kill himself?

How about just getting voted out of office?

[hatrack]

2. Yes, and a hot war is so much better than a cold peace, right?

[iandhr]

3. A cold peace is what we had with the USSR from 1945 to 1990.

Israel has had a cold peace with Egypt since 1979.


If there are full diplomatic relations between Israel and the future state of Palestine with cooperation and dialogue thats a good thing. Who cares if the peace is cold or warm?

Not the people living there for sure. They just want to get on with there lives

[WatermelonRat]

5. I doubt an independent Palestine would be BFFs with Israel

But so long as they do not attack Israel or allow militants to use their territory as a base to attack Israel, I think most Israelis would prefer it to the current situation.