Thursday, July 9, 2009

Netanyahu Aide: There Is No Palestinian Leadership

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, left;
Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal, right

From The AP:


JERUSALEM (AP) — There is no Palestinian leadership, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest advisers declared in a report published Thursday, raising new questions about how Israel intends to proceed with efforts to renew stalled peace talks.

Living with a nuclear Iran "is not an option," National Security Council chief Uzi Arad added in an interview with the Haaretz daily, proposing a naval blockade as a possible deterrent to Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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My Comment: I call this stating the obvious.

Sigh ..... this was the same problem that President Bush had when looking for a serious and influential partner in the Palestinian community .... a fact that President Obama is also discovering very quickly now as well as the realization that there is nothing that he can do to change this.

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