Netanyahu & the Evolution of Likud

Not surprisingly Benjamin Netanyahu’s heavily qualified endorsement of the two-state solution prompted scorn and ridicule from Palestinian and Arab quarters. In Israel, many considered the prime minister’s offer of a future Palestinian state a generous one.

But to characterise Netanyahu’s endorsement of Palestinian statehood in his address last Sunday at Bar-Ilan University as either farcical or magnanimous is to miss the historic significance of the moment.