David Makovsky Quotes

"I think their basic view is, 'When you, the Palestinians, show that you're doing it, we'll get involved. If not we're not going to invest a lot of political capital.' I think that is the message."
-David Makovsky

"US efforts between now and March may have to be low profile, but Washington need not be dormant."
-David Makovsky

"It's clearly offensive when the president of Israel makes a criticism and instead of dealing with the essence of the criticism, Netanyahu turns it around and basically questions the motives and patriotism of the president."
-David Makovsky

"If his team is not on board, how is the country going to be on board?"
-David Makovsky

"I don't see how the Israeli people are served by another house here, another house there, when the big picture is to create a partnership with the Palestinians."
-David Makovsky

"He wants to demonstrate that under his leadership there will be no compromises over Jerusalem. If the Palestinians choose to confront him, he will use them essentially as props to say, like his campaign slogan, that he's a 'strong leader for a strong nation,'."
-David Makovsky

"He has basically got to freeze the peace process to woo back alienated right-wing voters."
-David Makovsky

"The public is jaded. They think that on the eve of the elections (Netanyahu) is doing things just to capture headlines."
-David Makovsky