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I see that the US is calling for a new round of peace talks vis a vis Israel and the Palestinians. This will of course, result in nothing positive. First of all, within two weeks Hamas had killed four people and Israeli settlers in the West Bank announced the construction of 53 new buildings, despite an outstanding government ban.

Secondly, there can never really be negotiations between two parties where one party has all the power (Israel) and the other has none (Palestinians). Anything that will come out will be the rubber stamping of an Israeli "wants" list by chosen Palestinians. Speaking of which, the negotiator for the Palestinians is former President Abbas, who was in fact voted out during the last election.

Yeah, this is totally going somewhere.