08 November, 2013

For Help on Iran, Netanyahu Must Look to West Bank� - Bloomberg

For Help on Iran, Netanyahu Must Look to West Bank� - Bloomberg: Netanyahu understands that a nuclear Iran poses an existential threat to the Jewish state. He also understands that the Palestinians do not pose an existential threat to the Jewish state. Quite the opposite. He has lately shown signs of understanding what Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, Tzipi Livni and other ex-Likud leaders came to understand: Holding onto the West Bank in perpetuity could lead to the end of Israel as a Jewish democracy. There are excellent reasons for Netanyahu to freeze the growth of settlements. Getting the world on his side at a particularly hazardous moment is just one.