(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - The world condemns Israel for every announcement of new construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem, but is oddly silent when Palestinian government-controlled media continue to incite against Israel and call for its destruction, Prime Minister Netanyahu's spokesman Mark Regev said Monday. "When Israel builds in areas which everyone understands will remain part of Israel in a final-status agreement, this is somehow perceived as a problem for peace. When Palestinians indoctrinate their people with hatred for Israel, and thereby directly undermine reconciliation, this is ignored." "What is required of leadership at this time is to prepare the public for respect and reconciliation. But what we are seeing from the Palestinians is the opposite: continued demonization, stress on maximalist goals and that Israel is an illegitimate creation that will eventually disappear."
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