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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116923.html
What to Do for Mideast Peace
[Ha'aretz] Aluf Benn - In New York, President Obama spoke of the critical importance of solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but Israelis don't think the establishment of a state headed by Abbas will improve their situation in any way. The Israeli political center in effect accepts the assessment of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Lieberman that a solution to the problem is not possible, that the Arabs will never recognize a Jewish state, and that Israel's only strategic option is deterrence backed by the use of force. On Wednesday at the UN, Obama spoke of the "girl in Sderot who closes her eyes in fear that a rocket will take her life in the night." His concern is touching, but most Israelis believe that the Gaza operation reassured the children of Sderot far more than the peace process Obama proposes.