Peace with Palestinian?

Hamas Commander: Israel Will Cease to Exist - Roee Nahmias (Ynet News)
Muhammad Deif, the commander of Hamas' military wing, said in a statement issued Saturday that the Palestinians will not give up their struggle until Israel ceases to exist.
"You will disappear and we will have Palestine," Deif said in a direct message to Israel.



The Palestinians Are the Real Obstacle to Peace - Moshe Ya'alon
Unfortunately, what stands between the Palestinians and eventual statehood is their insincerity when it comes to real peace. Israel has repeatedly proposed the independence that the Palestinians ostensibly desire. But instead of concluding a deal with Israel, they have demonstrated a total unwillingness to compromise, often favoring terrorism. Is it any wonder Israelis find it ever more difficult to trust the Palestinians?
We do not yet have two states for two peoples because the Palestinians refuse to accept that there even exists a Jewish nation that lays legitimate claim to its land. They reject the entire premise of a state for the Jewish people - not only beyond the pre-1967 lines but even within the 1948 boundaries.
Israel remains committed to the cause of peace. We have no desire to govern the affairs of another people. But our acceptance of a viable Palestinian state awaits a similar Palestinian acceptance of the rights of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. Erekat, the Palestinian negotiator, recently wrote that such a step would require a modification of the Palestinian narrative. He's absolutely right. Until this happens, there can be no chance for peace. Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Ya'alon, a former IDF Chief of Staff, is Israel's Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs. (Foreign Policy)



U.S. Opposes Moves to Recognize Palestinian State
The United States on Tuesday opposed moves by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay to recognize an independent Palestinian state, saying such recognition is "counter-productive" to achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace, Agence France Presse reported. "We don't think that we should be distracted from the fact that the only way to resolve the core issues within the process is through direct negotiations," said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley. "That remains our focus. And we do not favor that course of action. As we've said many, many times... any unilateral action, we believe, is counterproductive," he added. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been seeking unilateral recognition of a state in an effort to circumvent direct talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. PA President Mahmoud Abbas has only engaged in two sessions of direct talks in the past two years and refuses to meet again with his Israeli counterpart.



" the proclamations by Abu Mazen that Palestine must be Judenrein
(along with dozens of other disgusting infractions by the P.A.) should drive
home the point to every thinking human being that there are no reliable
parties with the ability to "deliver the goods" on the Palestinian side who
are willing to work for peace. Until that changes, Israel needs to prepare
for the likelihood of continued conflict rather than grovel and plead for
peace with murderers and their supporters."