The Israelis must help those Palestinians by showing them that a genuine peace settlement awaits them.
And wouldn't we, the United States, increase the pressure on those regional actors to find a genuine political settlement if we told them that we will not, this time, bankroll and staff militarily a struggle against an extreme form of Islam that is more their immediate problem than ours?
If Obama can extract a genuine, binding commitment on settlement growth from Netanyahu, he can then turn to Palestinian and Arab leaders for concessions sought by Israel.
"Folly in the West Bank" (editorial, Aug. 24) urges Israel to comply with the all-but-comatose road map by assuring that "no one step by Israel would be likely to do more to restart peace talks and isolate Palestinian terrorists than announcing a genuine freeze on all settlement construction".
But if I am right, and there is no realistic prospect of removing Israel's settlements, then for the American government to agree that the mere nonexpansion of "authorized" settlements is a genuine step toward peace would be the worst possible outcome of the present diplomatic dance.
In the wider interests of the settlement, what Stormont needs more than anything else is a genuine opposition.
Most Israelis would gladly give up their West Bank settlements if they thought such a move would bring about a genuine peace.
Genuine people running a genuine game".
This remains a genuine problem.
