Israel rebuffs U.S. call for total settlement freeze
Israel will press ahead with housing construction in its West Bank settlements despite a surprisingly blunt demand from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that all such building stop, an Israeli official said Thursday. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
In any negotiations in which you hope to get most of what you want, you must start out asking for and demanding much more than what you will settle for. These negotiations have been going on since the 1890s, and will probably continue long into the future. There have been breakdowns, wars, stalemates and settlements, we will get closer to a final settlement, but there will probably never be a secure peace for any side.