"I Believe That In The Long Run, Separation Between Israel and the Palestinians is the Best Solution for Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "
- Yitzhak Rabin -
Six months ago, I wrote a ticket in which I was doing a review of the final months of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly after the Israeli action in Gaza in December 2008 and the elections of February 10 that brought Benjamin Netanyahu to power.
I began by congratulating the Israeli prime minister for his stance in favor of the solution of two states, position of the international community and positive experience adopted Begin, Rabin and Sharon because they believed they were acting in the best interest of Israel and in the best interest to settle the conflict peacefully.
Subsequently, I warned the Netanyahu government to stop building new settlements if he wanted to be consistent with its basic idea, one more step towards peace.
This week, Netanyahu responded favorably to the idea of freezing settlement (which is also the position of the U.S. government and his secretary of state, longtime friend of the Jewish state).
The Israeli government responded yes to two conditions inherent in peace.
As noted elsewhere columnist Aluf Benn in Israel this article about the settlements: "Insofar as they are concerned, the Israelis are not in the colonies, they do not know how or where settlements are, in short they do not really care for them. All they want is peace. "
As I mentioned in the article of June, it is unthinkable at the moment for the Israeli government to withdraw completely from the West Bank. The last time an Israeli prime minister had made the opening, it was Sharon in 2005 and this had led to the establishment of Hamas in Gaza, which advocates Israel's destruction and that launches rockets from the territory, and taking hostage the Palestinian population.
Now that Israel has once again served an intention to move towards a peace process, the ball is back in the Palestinian camp. The Palestinian moderates who seek peace with their neighbor Israel must return to the negotiating table. We know that leadership of one who was the flagship of the Palestinian cause for years, Mahmoud Abbas, is weak.
Certainly, a more active presence in the conflict of American mediators would not hurt.
Meanwhile, the world is searching for a Palestinian leader who could negotiate with Israel's withdrawal from the West Bank, but who can guarantee the government especially Hebrew basic security of its population on its territory, the first condition peace process.
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