Which part of the region has ever made an honest attempt at peace? Well, the word "honest" is key, isn't it? Every set of peace talks between Palestinians and successive Israeli regimes has been a sham. Why?   Because there has never been the slightest motivation for the Israeli regime to offer even the tiniest compromise. Why? Because they have always been able to do exactly, and in full, whatever they wanted to do. Land grabs, invasions, repression, massacres, apartheid wall... The nation that gives them by far the most aid, including three billion per annum for their military (for a country of eight million), puts absolutely no conditions on that aid (AIPAC sees to that). Netanyahu could probably boil Gaza babies and eat them for lunch and his aid still wouldn't be threatened. Why would he dream of entering talks with the slightest prospect of his having to give a single inch when he knows he'll never have to?