Soon after becoming
Prime Minister of Israel for a second time in 2009, Benyamin Netanyahu gave a
stirring and quite brilliant speech at Bar Ilan University. It’s brilliance
stemmed from its delivery, content and timing. For the first time he advocated
the two state solution to the Middle East crisis, soon after President Obama
gave a speech in Egypt urging progress to be made on the crisis. And in broad
terms, he gave hope. However, four years later and having been asked by
President Peres to form a second successive government, Prime Minister
Netanyahu seemingly has not managed to move the peace plan forward.
