Netanyahu bites back…

This is the full text of Netanyahu’s speech Sunday.   In my opinion, Bibi hasn’t backed down an inch in the face of Obama’s insults and slights.    Yes,  the Israeli Prime Minister is a politician,  but there’s a difference between politics and principles,  unless you’re Barack Obama,  in which case your sole principle is your accrual of power and control.

The Jerusalem Post puts the requirements simply.   I think it’s safe to say the Arab world will reject anything which requires a change of the Palestinian charter (which calls for Israel’s destruction),  and we will soon hear the whining and complaining and blaming Israel begin anew,  as we always do.

Are Netanyahu’s conditions harsh?   Perhaps,  but only an idiot would agree to anything which allows Hamas to freely fire more rockets from Gaza,  and the various other Palestinian factions to continue their attacks.   The PM knows from bitter experience that appeasement and land for peace don’t work.

Of course,  Netanyahu probably knows what the Weekly Standard reported after Obama’s Cairo speech  —  that Arab journalists refused to join the after-speech roundtable because a Jew was present.    Why has no one else remarked on the Arab behavior?  Because that would force them to admit the Arab pathologies and the instant failure of the speech.

I suggest you check in with the Middle East Media Research Institute to learn what the Arab world actually says for local consumption,  not the gentle declarations issued in English for the gullible and naive Western press and politicians.

Several sources are teling us that Hamas is slamming the  address,  but only one is reporting the Palestinian Authority’s claim that the Obama administration told them to pay no attention to Netanyahu’s speech,  which they hate, of course.