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Titolo: proprio soddisfatti non sembrano

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051803064.html
Palestinians Discouraged by Meeting's Outcome
By Howard Schneider
Washington Post Foreign Service
JERUSALEM, May 18 -- Palestinian officials on Monday said they were
disappointed that a round of U.S.-Israeli talks in Washington produced
no clear progress on the removal of Jewish settlements in the occupied
West Bank or other issues they feel are crucial to rejuvenating
stalled peace negotiations.
After meeting with President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu said he was ready to begin peace negotiations with the
Palestinians "immediately." But he also reiterated positions that seem
to restrict the scope of those talks -- namely that he would accept
only a limited form of Palestinian self-government and that any talks
would have to include Palestinian acceptance of Israel as a "Jewish
state."
Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the conditions seemed
to undermine any negotiations before they even started.
"There is a difference between being a tough negotiator and a non-
negotiator. What I heard today was a non-negotiator," said Erekat, who
added that Palestinians had been looking for Monday's meeting to
produce some sense of progress -- whether a statement from Netanyahu
about the restriction of settlements or on the establishment of a
Palestinian state.
"He says that he wants me to govern myself by myself. I have one
simple question: How can I do that when roadblocks are suffocating us
in towns and refugee camps? When the army makes incursions wherever
they want? When the demolition of homes continues?" Erekat said.
Obama restated U.S. support for establishment of a Palestinian state
-- something Netanyahu has opposed in the past, arguing that while the
Palestinians should govern themselves, they should not have full state
powers, such as the ability to raise an army, control airspace or make
treaties.
Erekat said he was also cheered when Obama publicly noted what he
regards as Israeli obligations to stop West Bank settlements and
improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, which has been
under an Israeli embargo for more than three years.
But Netanyahu addressed neither of those issues directly in his
comments, and his advisers afterward focused on what they regard as a
key strategic success -- agreement between Netanyahu and Obama on
opposing Iran's development of nuclear weapons technology.
Officials in Tehran say their nuclear program is for domestic energy
purposes, while Israel and the United States fear the program is
masking an effort to develop nuclear weapons -- a development
Netanyahu feels would pose a threat to Israel's existence.
The issue is at the core of Netanyahu's thinking about the region, and
his advisers said that Monday's public comments show that Obama agrees
with him. Netanyahu argues that Arab states such as Egypt and Saudi
Arabia also feel threatened by Iran and, as a result, are open to
closer cooperation with Israel.
"There is the beginning of a strategic convergence of the Obama
administration and the Netanyahu government," said Dore Gold, a
Netanyahu adviser and former ambassador to the United Nations. "Both
recognize that there are real dangers that could undermine the
security of both countries, in particular Iran."
Expectations for the Obama-Netanyahu meeting have been building since
the Israeli prime minister took office in late March, heading a
coalition opposed in key ways to U.S. policy in the region,
particularly on the issue of Palestinian statehood.
While there was no obvious tension between the two leaders in their
public comments, Obama pledged again Monday that the United States
would be active in trying to push Palestinian statehood forward.
Israeli opposition politicians said they had hoped Netanyahu would use
his first trip to Washington to make a gesture toward the views of
Israel's chief ally and patron.
"The problem is that Netanyahu is not brave enough to take the right
steps in this direction," out of concern about losing support from
members of his right-wing coalition, said Yoel Hasson, a member of the
Israeli parliament from the opposition Kadima party


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No, soddisfatti non sembrano. Ma non è che la mission di un governo 
israeliano debba essere necessariamente quella di far incazzare i 
palestinesi.
Dovrebbe essere quella di farci la pace e quindi di farli incazzare, sì, 
ma costruttivamente. Il problema è se ce ne siano le condizioni. Se ci 
sono, o ci sono quasi, la mission è quella di prendere i rischi 
necessari per andare avanti. Ma, qualora non ci siano, la mission 
diventa cosa fare per evitare che la propria sicurezza venga svenduta 
all'interno di disegni più ampi e in questo momento dannatamente urgenti 
per il grande alleato.
Tb
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