[goldstategop]

Tony Blair has the equation exactly reversed. It is the Palestinians who must make the "psychological shift" by ending their obdurate hostility to Israel's existence and their continued insistence on the "right of return" - which Israelis correctly read as a euphemism for Israel's destruction. The issue has never been whether Israel is ready for peace with its neighbors. The real issue has always been about whether the Palestinians are willing to accept a Jewish State in their midst and terminate the conflict. Without such a change in thinking on the Palestinian side, no true peace agreement can be reached that will last.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[picard]

The Arabs will never stop attacking Israel regardless of any agreements or compromises.

Blair neglected to mention that the violence in Israel is funded by Saudi and Iranian interests which could not care less about the so called ‘Palestinians’ or a Palestinian state.

Until the EU, UN, and America realize that Arab violence in Israel is supported and promoted globally for specific political goals they will not truly grasp the issue.

There are many nations in the M.E. and the world who have a vested interest in maintaining conflict in Israel. That is, they do not want a solution of any kind. They do not want to destroy Israel and they do not want a Palestinian state. Nations in the M.E. could not care less about what happens to the Jordanian and Egyptian Arabs in Israel. The status quo serves their purpose.