when patrick cockburn makes a statement about the two state solution being doomed he is only echoingny a nalysts doomed he is only echoing what many analysts said as soon as this was announced, that these 4000 or so homes are now legal as far as the israeli government is common and. and of course the independent and patrick cockburn are critics of many of the israeli policies, but it is difficult to disagree when you look at the law that was passed yesterday, normalising settlements. it flies in the face of so much that one might feel towards any idea that there would be a move towards peace. i think the rhetoric around iran that he has been... that benjamin netanyahu that he has been... that benjamin neta nyahu has that he has been... that benjamin netanyahu has been using in the uk it is, as they identify, a fiddly for this normalisation of settlements. when you add that benjamin netanyahu will be looking at trump as a more sympathetic president and administration in the us, it almost rubber stamps... the us, it almost rubber stamps... the us almost rubber stamps is rarely policy.