Dear Editor,
The Washington Post headline, "Netanyahu says he is ready for talks" [May 5, 2010], should have read, "Netanyahu still ready for talks." Since he became Prime Minister, Netanyahu has consistently expressed a willingness to negotiate with the Palestinians. Anytime, any place. The Post's headline implies that he wasn't ready before, thus continuing the newspaper's agenda of portraying Israel as intransigent.
The brief news item also said talks would begin "after the 22-member Arab League gave the Palestinians the green light for negotiations." Why do the Palestinians need a green light from the Arab League to negotiate peace? And did the Post ever consider that the party in control of the traffic light is the real source of intransigence?
Michael Berenhaus
