Every now and again, I actually find something worth reading over on the BBC World News website.  Today we find an article quoting Avigdor Lieberman saying what everyone with 1/2 a brain knows, but does not want to hear:

In a radio interview, Mr Lieberman said people who think Israel and the Palestinians can reach a deal “do not understand reality and are sowing illusions”.

“We have to be realistic – we will not be able to reach agreement on core and emotional subjects like Jerusalem and the right of return (of Palestinian refugees,” he said.

“I am going to say very clearly – there are conflicts that have not been completely solved and people have learned to live with it, like Cyprus.”

If only more people were as honest with the Israeli public and the rest of the world.  Saying “Peace peace peace” will not bring peace by itself.  Even ‘economic peace’ with the Palestinians wont quell their demands for Jerusalem and the ‘right of return’.

I’m not against a settlement at some point in the future when conditions are right (I just don’t see it as this is an existential conflict), but there is no reason to believe the hype that peace is around the corner.  It isn’t.  Get used to it.

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