Since 1967, Israel has been making war against Palestinians, by direct assault, siege and occupation. When Israel disengaged from Gaza, the siege of Gaza started. No Israeli or US effort to end the conflict has ever offered actual peace to Palestinians. Peace without occupation or siege or some other form of control. Nothing Israel or the US has tried has ever worked, either. Even Oslo failed because Israel violates it each and every time the IDF or other Israeli armed forces go into Area A. If you want peace from somebody, you need to offer reciprocal peace.

No sane nation is backing the pals claims to anything... After non stop hostilities from the squatting pals on historically ancient Israel's land and the terror seen recently by the most callous use of pal teens as a 'knifing brigade,' they are repulsed and feel the Israeli's are doing the right thing by offering talks with no preconditions which the pals refuse. In fact, were this to happen in Russia, the pals would be history by now. Hmm, not a bad idea. KEEP BUILDING !!

and when did they adapt the word 'apartheid' into their lexicon? When? After countless non stop acts of war and hostilities towards Israel and after the pals lost every one of them... Time the pals went back to Arabia, Jordan , or Crete. They can claim 'victory' there too. LOL

We've heard them all before and they stopped working for the magic of the poor Palestinian sob story has worn of. Even the world doesn't care any more (except a few extreme die hards) for their are many more pressing problems in the world than the same old, same old sob story about the 'bad Israeli oppressing the poor Palestinians'. Get a life Mr. Erekat...your lies and those of your hypocritical comrades are unraveling. "When a cactus will grow in the palm of your hand than you will see an 'independent Palestine'"!

The defeated don't make demands on the victor. Dumb as an Egyptian brick.