Unilateral US recognition of PALESTINE!

In the WPR, here

"...........negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel were already unlikely to lead to a viable Palestinian state before the election of Benjamin Netanyahu as Israeli prime minister. Now it is no longer certain they will continue. Netanyahu's speech at a Likud central committee meeting in 2002 sums up his view of a Palestinian state: "Not today, not tomorrow, not ever." 

Although Netanyahu's stance has evolved little since then, it is time for the rest of the world, and especially the U.S., to adopt a new one. To retake the initiative, the U.S. must unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state now, with the expectation that its allies will almost certainly follow its lead -- and that Israel will at the very least acquiesce at first, and in all likelihood eventually follow suit.

The U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to recognize a foreign state, without the need to consult Congress. President Barack Obama should announce that the U.S. will recognize Palestine, within the "green line" borders, ......

The conditions should not require any explicit acknowledgement of Israel's "right to exist as a Jewish state," the so-called "Recognition-Plus."

On the other hand, Israel should not be expected to dismantle its West Bank settlements. Settlers who remain there will simply be Israeli residents -- or, if they choose, Jewish citizens -- of Palestine, just as there are Palestinian residents and citizens of Israel. Neither should there be any demand that Israel accept a "right of return" for Palestinian refugees. .....

Will Israel acquiesce? The Netanyahu government will probably object. The U.S. might even have to face down the threat of military action. ...... Israel and the U.S. will be no worse off than they are now. 

The "peace process" before Annapolis was based on the proposition that the Palestinians don't deserve to have their own state until they are all peaceable and well behaved. This puts the cart before the horse...."