http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/world/middleeast/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-unga-2016-united-nations.html 2016-09-21 21:29:49 Benjamin Netanyahu: Speaking to an Audience Outside the Hall Israel’s prime minister is determined to head off any new effort to try to dictate terms of a settlement of the longstanding conflict with the Palestinians. === For Still, they are useful foils for Mr. Netanyahu as he makes his points to a wider world. He regularly chides the body at these annual sessions for what he considers its reflexive anti- As he takes the rostrum this year during a resurgence of Mr. Netanyahu has lately presented himself as a willing negotiator faced with intransigent Palestinians. With The Palestinians have insisted that Israel freeze settlement construction and release prisoners first. “The Palestinians are not ready to negotiate,” said Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser to Mr. Netanyahu. “They think they should determine the outcome of the negotiations before they start, something nobody would agree to.” Palestinian officials now say Mr. Abbas would meet without conditions, but no date has been set and none seems likely soon. Mr. Netanyahu may also use the forum to try to explain his recent comment that the Palestinians