Arab media reaction on Netanyahu’s speech

Assafir says:

Netanyahu’s speech was a dec­la­ra­tion of war against the Pales­tini­ans… But he [Netanyahu] achieved his goal to close the gap with the Americans.

Al-Akhbar described Netanyahu’s speech as a slap in Obama’s face.

The word “slap” is also used by Al-Quds Al-Arabi’s Chief Edi­tor Bari Atwan saying:

He said noth­ing about the “Arab Ini­tia­tive” and not a sin­gle word about the Roadmap

The ques­tion right now is about the Arab’s answer to this speech and not the Amer­i­can answer. Is the Arab Peace Ini­tia­tive still valid?

Al-Arab Al-Youm edi­to­r­ial came with this headline:

Netanyahu’s ini­tia­tive for the con­tin­u­a­tion of the vio­lence … His promises of the Pales­tin­ian State came even less than Moshi Diyan’s promises of a Pales­tin­ian Civil Authority.

Qatari Al-Al-Sharq:

He [Netanyahu] is try­ing to cheat the US pres­i­dent Obama, and the inter­na­tional com­mu­nity mer­chan­diz­ing him­self as a man of peace, while his speech was full of poison.

Syr­ian news­pa­per Al-Thawra sum­ma­rized its opin­ion in few words:

Farewell to the peace … But what do you expected from some­body who won the elec­tion because of his extrem­ism agenda?

Al-Khaleej:

Netanyahu’s vision of a Pales­tin­ian State is a flag and national Anthem.

Jor­dan News­site Kul Al-Ardun says:

After this speech, the con­tin­u­a­tion of the nego­ti­a­tions means the loss of Quds, and no right of return to the refugees.