Are Israelis-Palestinian peace talks currently underway in Washington just a charade being held at the behest of an accolade-starved President Obama?
Christian Ultsch of Austria’s Die Press writes in part:
The failure of negotiations between Israel and Palestinians was followed by violence much like the “Amen” follows a prayer.
It’s an absurd play being staged at the White House. All the actors who have come to Washington know that the prospect for a peace agreement in the Middle East is as realistic as the sight of a swarm of flying camels in the Antarctic. But the two main actors, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, are playing along anyway, for the director, U.S. President Barack Obama, who so dearly wants this show. Before the curtain even lifted, he even received a prize for this: the Nobel Peace Prize. And such a distinction naturally obliges one.
Talking is better than shooting, they say. It’s hard to argue with that. But when the talking goes nowhere and the shooting gets even worse afterwards? This is precisely what happened ten years ago.
Obama is acting more courageously than any previous U.S. president, all of whom waited until the end of their terms to touch the hot iron of the Middle East. But he has awakened in an unfavorable constellation and has instilled exaggerated hopes which could morph into bitter anger. A flight school for camels would sooner succeed than his dangerous peace farce.
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