Peace talks put off

Well that’s a surprise

The Arab league has announced that preliminary talks between the Israelis and Palestinans will not start as planned. Well that’s a surprise! We had thought that peace was at hand it was imminent and just around the corner.
The peace process is very similar to a soap opera, wherever you cut in it is always the same. The Israelis are ready for major compromises while the other side is balking and threatening. The latest reason for the balking has been a granting of building permits in a east Jerusalem suburb . The Palestinians think that at some point Israel will withdraw from all of east Jerusalem in addition to 99% of Judea and Samaria. The plain truth is that this will not happen, ever.
All these talks are doomed to go nowhere and doomed to lead to a new round of violence.
Sad but true.