Reply #21: Again, lies...

[shaayecanaan]

"If the 2 sides were as close as the papers claim (or what al-Jazeera and the Guardian claim) then why didn't Obama work from the beginning to bridge the small gaps?"

They are not close, and neither al-Jazeera nor the Guardian represented them as such.

Olmert's offer sought to retain all of the significant settlements, including Ariel which is almost in the middle of the West Bank, and Maale Adumim. The Palestinians want this land returned to them.

The Geneva Initiative, which you claim to support, calls for these settlements to be vacated and the land returned to the Palestinians, as they severely impede the contiguity of the intended Palestinian state.

The reason that Obama cannot bridge the gaps is that the Netanyahu government is fundamentally unwilling to reach an agreement with the Palestinians.