It is the first time that the right-wing premier has publicly defined the borders as a starting point for talks, and brings him in line with US policy that broadly calls for talks based on ceding the West Bank to the Palestinians with agreed land swaps.

Now remember the ludicrous outcry when Obama dared to say the same banal thing. Adam Serwer pounces on the transparent hypocrisy.  The Israeli Supreme Court, in more positive news, just ordered the government to dismantle an enormous illegal settlement. Know hope. Israel is where they came up with that slogan in the first place, after all.