The rational irrationality of Middle East peace talks

It may be easy to overlook, but the Palestinians and Israelis are allegedly negotiating over the future of Palestine once again. To be more precise, the Palestinian regime in the West Bank is reported to be meeting with the Israeli leadership over the future of the West Bank, which represents only one fifth of Palestinians. The so-called negotiations have been conducted in a highly secretive manner, and only after much-publicized wrangling to bring both sides to the table. United States Secretary of State John Kerry inexplicably put an enormous amount of weight into the resumption of talks, and still the parties yielded only to talks about the possibility of talks. Even then the Israelis announced plans to deepen the apartheid in East Jerusalem and the West Bank by building several thousand housing units in new and existing settlements, all of which are illegal under international law. Kerry, for his part,