The more reviews we get, the worse is the spirit of the Netanyahu speech. Writes Rob Browne (rbguy at Dailykos):
It was quite a horrible speech (laying all the blame on the Arab
nations' 1948 partition decision (with no context mentioned), continued
expansion of settlements, Jewish only Jerusalem, lack of return for
Palestinian refugees, demilitarized state with no ability to forge
treaties, etc. I laughed, I cried, I yelled — sounds like the tag
line for a bad movie poster.
When he talks about economic peace, is there anyone who has read
Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine" who has any trust in this
neo-conservative's idea of economic peace. Any Palestinian should be
incredibly scared of that part of his platform.
The thing that stuck out to me though was this paragraph:
"But, friends, we must state the whole truth here. The truth
is that in the area of our homeland, in the heart of our Jewish
Homeland, now lives a large population of Palestinians. We do not want
to rule over them. We do not want to run their lives. We do not want to
force our flag and our culture on them. In my vision of peace, there
are two free peoples living side by side in this small land, with good
neighborly relations and mutual respect, each with its flag, anthem and
government, with neither one threatening its neighbor's security and
existence."
To me this reads that he is talking about the Palestinians that
live within Israel, as well as in the Occupied Territories. This seems
like a shout-out to Avigdor Lieberman's followers for a purging of
Palestinians from within the final borders of Israel. Truly
frightening!
I can only assume that the temperature around the White House rose a few degrees after hearing this speech.
