Report: Netanyahu rejected Middle East peace deal last year

[Blue3]

Apparently last year, dozens of Arab & other Muslim countries were ready to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and sign a peace treaty with them, and begin drawing up a plan for the state of Palestine.

But Netanyahu refused it, because he didn't want to give up the settlements. It would have given Israel just about everything it wanted, except for the settlements part.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israeli-leader-lauds-day-relations-trumps-us-100921085.html

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[Vosem]

I doubt the veracity of this, for two reasons:
1) The Palestinians have never accepted any softening of their own right of return, or recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. I highly doubt they signed off on this.
2) If such a deal was offered, why not go public? Public opinion, both world opinion and the opinion of large numbers of people in Israel (but especially the former), would've pressured the government to go through with it. Not going public would've been deeply illogical.

[Horus]

This shouldn't surprise anyone. Netanyahu does not want peace, and never has.

[Famous Mortimer]

Sounds like this would have been a deal with the Gulf States and Israel, going over the heads of the PA and just hoping they would accept it.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Public opinion, both world opinion and the opinion of large numbers of people in Israel

in israel yes...global maybe....but inside of the arab countries?

[Devout Centrist]

I doubt the veracity of this, for two reasons:
1) The Palestinians have never accepted any softening of their own right of return, or recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. I highly doubt they signed off on this.
2) If such a deal was offered, why not go public? Public opinion, both world opinion and the opinion of large numbers of people in Israel (but especially the former), would've pressured the government to go through with it. Not going public would've been deeply illogical.

Deal would've collapsed, clerics would've lost their sh*t, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the settler movement would've derailed it immediately.

[Beet]

The last chance for "Middle East peace" was the Camp David accords offered by Ehud Barak in 2000. As soon as the second intifada started, it was finished.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Coward. The most cowardly leader in the world right now.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Unfortunately, I don't think a peace deal is possible right now.  While as described, the plan is about what would be needed, there's just no prospect for buy-in of it on either the Israeli or Palestinian side.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Obviously he's not interested in peace. Can we stop funding their Iron Dome already?

[Hnv1]

Sounds like this would have been a deal with the Gulf States and Israel, going over the heads of the PA and just hoping they would accept it.

More like giving the PA so much money to agree. Anyway, it doesn't matter he never wanted and never will push for a solution. He's far more ideaological than people allow him and his daddy issues definitely isn't helping

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

I wouldn't have trusted any deal proposed under Barack Obama either.

[Hydera]

Netanyahu benefits more from not having a peace settlement than having one. Mainly because evacuating Israeli settlements to return to the 1967 borders mean that he will royally piss off his Nationalist supporter base. Also the more settlements that are built and the more people that live with them ensures the right-wing in Israel a steady base of voters.