Rice wants from Jews a declaration of principles, sort of a draft peace agreement with Palestinian enemies. Olmert accepts to sign such declaration because the government’s differences of opinion with Palestinians are minuscule. Livni prefers to postpone the declaration until after the primaries because she knows how unpopular with normal Jews is the idea of ceding our land to Arabs. Incredibly cynically, Livni is ready for such declaration - but only after the primaries. Every prime minister of Israel since Rabin - but except Olmert - reversed his electoral platform upon coming into the office.
In 2008, Israel arrested almost 2,000 of Palestinian terrorists. That figure alone clearly shows how far is peace from this land.



