a united Jerusalem as the capital of Israel but it should be a kind of open city. The Palestinians, with their new state, can have a capital in Amman buy Israel should allow them to have a kind of mini-capital in part of East Jerusalem. It would be Israeli territory but it would be leased to the Palestinians. Once Gaza is recognized as a state, Hamas will have its hands full with its own terrorists who are even more militant than they are, which is why Hamas has been attacking Israel-to show they are even more anti-Israel than the jihadists in their midst. I dare say that Netanyahu's response is gamesmanship exercised in the belief that there will be a cease fire. That will put him in the driver's seat for the coming elections in which he will have only token opposition. Once he is back in power, he will have to decide what he wants to be remembered for. Does he want to be remembered as someone who brought Israel both peace and security or does he want to be remembered as someone who brought just a continued state of conflict. That is up to him and no amount of outside pressure will change that. "The elite currently in power in the Western mass media will never comprehend the Middle East. There is a problem with bias, for sure, but the big issue is the impenetrable ignorance of the very people entrusted with explaining the region to others. They