(Telegraph-UK) Stephen Pollard - It's easy from our comfortable, safe countries to accuse Netanyahu of scaremongering with his claims that the world is out to get Israel; the problem is that, from an Israeli perspective, it happens to be true. When Israel defends itself, most of the world turns on it. Israelis live in genuine fear not just of terror but of obliteration. So Netanyahu's campaign struck a chord. It was security, not domestic issue focus, that won out. The statement this week that a new Netanyahu government would rule out a Palestinian state isn't quite what it seems. It will have zero impact on any peace negotiations towards one, because there has been zero prospect of one for years - at every stage when Israeli leaders (including Netanyahu) have offered olive branches or deals, the Palestinians have rejected them. The writer is editor of the Jewish Chronicle (UK).
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