Pressure and interference

It seems that everyone thinks they can tell us Jews what to do. A leak from the Israeli Foreign Ministry states that Pres Sarkozy of France gave advice to PM Netanyahu when he was visiting there last week, that he should fire FM Lieberman and replace him with Tzipi Livni, the Head of Kadima. Apart from the fact that this is crass interference in the internal affairs of Israel, it shows a definite political bias in order to push Israeli policy towards what France and the Quartet (Russia, US, UN and EU) want. They have all come out in support of the US position of Pres Obama that Israel must (!) enforce a complete freeze on all settlement building in the West Bank.
According to media reports after the recent meeting between US special representative Sen. Mitchell and Israeli Defense Minister Barak in Washington, Netanyahu is considering a temporary freeze, say for 3 months, because the US has supposedly put pressure on the "moderate" countries in the Arab world (including Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and others) to recognize Israel. But, they won't do it unless Israel first freezes all settlement activity. However, according to a report in today's Jerusalem Post, Saudi Arabia is the key country that all others will follow, and so far Obama has not been able to get the Saudi's commitment, although he is "hopeful."
Now, tell me, what do you think are the chances that any of these Arabs States would keep their word and actually recognize Israel if Israel instituted this precondition? As far as I am concerned they are nil. And why is it that Israel is always the side that has to take risks for peace. As has been pointed out by the Israeli Govt. the question of the settlements will be settled in negotiations between Israel and the PA. Why should Israel accept a precondition for such talks when the PA is not ready to make any equivalent concessions to Israel, such as stopping incitement to violence and actually stopping terrorism. Forget it, they never will!
Last week on PA TV Pres. Abbas chided Hamas by saying that Fatah has carried out more deadly attacks against Israel than Hamas has, and in a related program Hamas was teased by saying that they are now scared to fire missiles into Israel. The current quiet on the southern border is due to a temporary but unofficial ceasefire between Hamas and Israel after Operation Cast Lead. Israel has said that it will not make any official arrangement with Hamas thru Egypt until Cpl. Gilad Schalit is released. And Fatah are supposed to be the 'moderates' we can make peace with.