Mediation Example - Madeline Albright's role in the Middle East situation

Netanyhu's perspective

The Jewish people have a historic right to Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem, which dates back to Biblical times.
If I seem to give in to Arafat, I will lose the support of the right wing of my political party and may lose my job. I need to appear firm in order to survive.
The PLO has a history of terrorism, and has not done enough to stop the recent terrorist bombings that have harmed innocent civilians. The statements that Chairman Arafat has made in Arabic to his countrymen belie the peaceful statements that he makes to the Western media in which he pretends to be genuinely interested in a Peace Process. We just cannot trust him.
Even if we strike a deal with Arafat, that is no guarantee that we will be secure from terrorism. The Peace Process has no real teeth, and even if Arafat and I sign an agreement, should he be succeeded by a new leader we would have no guarantee that the new leader would live up to its terms.
Israel has lived up to its part by withdrawing from Hebron. Now it's up to the Palestinians to show their commitment by cracking down on Hamas terrorists.
My government has put forth a peace plan that would permanently transfer to Palestinian control most of the West Bank's inhabited areas and 99 percent of its Palestinian population, and has created task forces in three government agencies to develop further ideas for a peace settlement.

The Palestinian people have a historic right to the land that belonged to their fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers.
If I seem to give in to the Israelis, I will lose the support of the Palestinian people and may lose my job. I need to appear firm in order to survive.
The Israelis are not to be trusted. Even after promising not to expand settlements on the West Bank or to build new ones, they are still doing so. How can we trust that they will live up to an agreement even if Netanyahu and I sign a piece of paper?
The Israelis are cold and unfeeling, seizing property and homes from innocent Palestinians in order to increase the Jewish presence in East Jerusalem.
I don't approve of terrorist tactics such as the suicide bombings that have increased recently, but am powerless to stop some of the radical extremists who are supported by outside governments and agencies. When they cause great economic hardship by punishing all Palestinian workers by not allowing them to enter Israel after a terrorist act, the Israeli government is just causing more animosity to grow in the hearts of our young people, thus breeding new terrorists.
The peace plan proposed by the Israeli government is a sham. It would create pockets of land in the West Bank to be inhabited by Palestinians, but my people would need permission from the Israeli government to travel from one village to another should the government decide to impose such restriction during what they call a "crisis."