Nothing is happening

There is no peace process, there never was.
All attempts to impose or even negotiate some type of interim agreement will go nowhere.
Jason Greenblatt is coming again to the middle east to break a stalemate.
Good luck.
There are those that fear some kind of agreement that will not change the status of Jerusalem and not expel any Jews from Judea and Samaria.
The PA president will be forced into an agreement of this kind goes the thinking.
He will have no choice.
This "interim" agreement is something neither side wants or believes in.
The sick frail leader of the PA would risk the remainder of his life to even consider such a agreement.
It is possible that Israel would agree on a interim agreement that would solidify autonomy in the B and C sections.
That would be conditional on a number of things that the PA has consistently rejected.
This bizarre continuation of informal talks has one purpose only.
To continue to buy time indefinitely.
The PA somehow believes that Israel at some point will capitulate, it believes time is on their side.
It has believed so for fifty years.
There will not be an interim agreement or a permanent one.
It is an impossibility.
What then is to happen in the next fifty years?
Incredibly enough probably not much.
Incredible in the sense that its hard to imagine another fifty years of military rule in Judea and Samaria.
But as it is in other areas when you do nothing then nothing will happen.
The Israelis may annex some areas close to Israel.
This will not change things ostensibly.
These moves will be called illegal by the PA and others.
Then new negotiations will start.
These talks will lead nowhere as all others before.
There will be threats by all the classic enemies of Israel and possibly another mini-revolt of local Israeli Arabs.
All those things will not change things too much.
The purpose of the Arab side is to destroy Israel.
It's that simple and has not changed in fifty or even one hundred years.
It will not change in the next fifty or even hundred years.
It's a stark reality and not a comfortable idea but it is the stark reality.
There are things that don't change and this is one of them.
There can be only unilateral moves as there is almost nothing the sides agree upon.
Major moves in this regard will not happen in all probability.
But you never know I suppose.
It's very similar to a soap opera that guarantees the same plot whenever you watch.
Let's see what happens.

Just playing games

There is no real need to worry about any peace deal between Israel and who those who are called Palestinians.
President Trump and President Abbas were just hanging together for a while.
There will not be any agreement or even any movement towards an agreement.
It is a complete non starter and will only bring more frustration to all sides.
The original sin of recognition of a Palestinian people is still with us and is really the source of the ongoing conflict.
There never was or will ever be a Palestinian people or state.
It is the continual discussion of this bizarre concept that will guarantee continued conflict in the future.
This charade President trump may think is helpful but will learn soon that he has hit a brick wall.
Even if he wanted to convince the Israelis to dismantle all the settlements in Judea and Samria which he does not it can't happen.
There are so many obstacles that a short article like this one cannot cover them all.
The Arabs of former Palestine and present Israel have not and likely will not ever except a presence of Jews in the land of Israel.
It is a sobering unpleasant reality that has not changed in one hundred years.
It will not change.
Those who have good intentions in this regard are naive and will get kicked in the mouth once again.
What will happen next?
Probably more of the same.
The Israeli government needs to show leadership and take action.
Annexation of parts of Judea and Samria is the right thing to do.
In time it will bring some type of long term quiet to the region.
Hard to understand what Trump is thinking.
What does he say all the time?
Lets see what happens?
Lets see what happens.