Romney Says Peace Not Possible in the Middle East

Mother Jones drops another segment of the hidden camera video shot at a Mitt Romney fundraiser in May which shows the GOP presidential candidate saying he believes peace in the Middle East is not possible and a Palestinian state is not feasible.

Said Romney: “I’m torn by two perspectives in this regard. One is the one which I’ve had for some time, which is that the Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish… All right, we have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live
with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately,
somehow, something will happen and resolve it…”

“On the other hand, I got a call from a former secretary of state. I won’t mention which one it was, but this individual said to me, you know, I think there’s a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis after the Palestinian elections. I said, ‘Really?’ And, you know, his answer was, ‘Yes, I think there’s some prospect.’ And I didn’t delve into it.”

He added: “The idea of pushing on the Israelis to give something up to get the Palestinians to act is the worst idea in the world.”

Here’s the video: