Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Peter Beinart: Obama Betrayed Ideals on Israel (excellent read) [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)Please, no more of this round-and-round-we-go crap. Digging up stuff you've been corrected on many times. Don't even pretend that didn't happen.
Abbas walked away from the Sept 2008 offer without a reasonable counter-offer. This was months before Netanyahu. He did not come out publicly or privately to the West to announce "that the 2 sides are close and let's wrap something up before Olmert's gone. We go public then and put pressure on Netanyahu not to honor the agreement." He didn't say that all he needed was a little more time. He left Olmert out to dry.
Let's discuss that, okay? No more smoke and mirrors or deflections.
You say you're for peace and 2 states.
So why did Abbas (someone you trust far more than any Israeli official in government) just walk away w/o a counterproposal? I want stuff from that time period, not apologetics well after the fact. How do you defend Abbas?