The Israeli government’s decision to freeze the construction of settlements in the West Bank has failed in its goal of drawing Palestinians to peace talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday.

“I decided, unlike any previous government, to freeze the construction in new settlements for a 10-month period to encourage the Palestinians to enter peace talks,” he told foreign policy experts in New York.

“So far seven months have passed and they haven’t come in,” Netanyahu said in an address to the Council on Foreign Relations.

“They should have come in 12 months ago, seven months ago,” he said. “We should not waste any more time.”

Netanyahu has repeatedly stressed his willingness to meat for peace talks with Palestinian officials. And, as documented above, he even make overtures of peace by freezing settlement construction in the hope of drawing said officials to the table. End result? Nothing of substance.

Palestinian territory continues to serve as a base for terror groups targeting Israel. Neighbors continue to deny the right of Israel to exist, with some even talking about wiping the Jewish state off the map. And Israel’s overtures of peace are once again met with a lack of willingness of Palestinian officials to talk.

Yet tomorrow the world will again condemn Israel while touting the cause of Palestinians and their anti-Israeli allies.