The Netanyahu government has refused to agree to any such clear reference point before talks begin. The Israelis want talks without conditions, even though Netanyahu has imposed his own condition on the Palestinians: recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, and acceptance of a demilitarized Palestinian state that does not include Jerusalem and the Jordan valley.
如果塔巴谅解，又或者最近由阿巴斯和以色列前总理奥尔默特共同推动的成果能成为直接谈判的基础的话，也不失为一件好事。但内塔尼亚胡政府已经拒绝在谈判开始之前制定任何清晰的行动标准。以色列人希望召开无条件的会谈，但其实内塔尼亚胡已经向巴勒斯坦人开出了自己的条件：承认以色列是一个犹太国家，巴勒斯坦国不能拥有武装部队，其领土范围不包括耶路撒冷和约旦河谷。