Netanyahu has so far rejected Peres’s call for another interim agreement with the Palestinians, and according to the Jerusalem Post, is leaning toward a final-status agreement.
In theory Netanyahu is right, as the Palestinians have a nasty habit of renouncing interim agreements, and large conflicts are generally settled in a single swoop. In practice, the Palestinians cannot renounce their imagined right to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, while Netanyahu’s cabinet won’t approve such deal; thus a demand for a final-status agreement equals rejection of peace on Palestinian terms.
