Netanyahu Ready to Discuss Arab Peace Initiative

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprising announcement Monday evening, saying that his government is now ready to enter into negotiations with the Palestinian Authority based on the so-called Arab Peace initiative, which would see Israel withdraw from the West Bank and make other concessions in return for diplomatic relations with the 22 members of the Arab League.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Monday night proclamation might sound dramatic to the Israeli ear but for the larger international community and the regional one, it is probably too little to late, to shift the every hardening consensus for a two-state solution at the 67 lines.