Former Israeli Ambassador to US: Every time “Palestinians” are offered peace, they say “No”

Michael Oren

Jihad Watch : Find out the almost universally ignored reason why in The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process.   “Michael Oren: Every time Palestinians were offered peace they said ‘no,'” by Rachel Wolf, Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2020:

Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States and former MK and Deputy Minister for Diplomacy Michael Oren spoke to Fox News on Sunday ahead of US President Donald Trump meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. Both Israeli leaders are expected to speak with the president about his Middle East peace plan, the “Deal of the Century.”

“It’s a new day and this peace plan is aimed at really two customers, if you will. [It’s aimed at] the Israeli public and the moderate Arab Sunni world, specially the Gulf states, and so far, the reactions have been very good,” Oren told Fox News. He said that the heads of Israel’s “major parties” are “engaged” in the process, referring to Gantz and Netanyahu’s respective meetings with Trump.

Oren added, “in the Arab world this president, [the Trump] administration has a tremendous amount of street credit for its strong stance against Iran, pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, very strong credit.” With Israeli elections just over a month away, some have questioned the timing of Trump’s plan, but Oren insisted that “we can’t lose track and lose sight of the big picture,” which he defined as support in Israel, despite a rising political tensions as the country approaches its third election.

“You have a huge chunk of the Israeli public, even the radical right so far, saying that they’e very supportive of this peace initiative – that is unprecedented,’ Oren said. “Back in the 90s, during the Oslo years, during the Clinton years, this country was divided bitterly over the peace process, now we’re united around this peace process and this is a historic moment.”…