"If we receive this guarantee regarding demilitarisation and Israel's security needs, and if the Palestinians recognise Israel as the state of the Jewish people, then we will be ready in a future peace agreement to reach a solution where a demilitarised Palestinian state exists alongside the Jewish state," Netanyahu said at Bar Ilan University near Tel Aviv.
"If (Obama) looks at the glass as half-full, this should be sufficient," Israeli political scientist Eitan Gilboa said of the speech as a whole. "But if he is looking for confrontation with Israel, he would say the glass is half-empty."
Reuters - 14/06/2009
As the expert in glasses suggested, this is a remarkable step towards mutual recognition between Israel and Palestine - as equal partners, the first one heavily militarized and the other one demilitarized. Cheers, Eitan! To peace.
Picture: Ramattan - International Middle-East Media Centre
