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Source: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/munich-security-conference-main-points-implications-israel/
The Munich Security Conference: Main Points and Implications for Israel
(INSS-Tel Aviv University) Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin and Brig.-Gen. (res.) Assaf Orion - At the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15-18, the Palestinian issue was marginalized. Indeed, the Middle East is a secondary focus of attention for the international community, currently occupied with the urgent crisis in the Korean peninsula and the potential for nuclear war. Prime Minister Netanyahu called for giving peace and a Trump plan a chance, and presented his own outline for a settlement: less than a Palestinian state, with maximal self-rule but with no compromises on Israeli control over security. Netanyahu responded to Palestinian attempts to shift the negotiations setting to a new international forum by insisting on the vital role of the U.S. in the process. Amos Yadlin, former head of IDF Military Intelligence, is director of the Institute for National Security Studies. Assaf Orion served as head of the Strategic Division in the Planning Directorate of the IDF General Staff (2010-2015).