History is replete with ironies, and it would be the irony of all ironies if it were to be current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of all people, who, by his obstructionist approach to any peace based on the two-state solution, was to become the catalyst of Palestinian self-determination becoming a reality. On the face of it, you might ask yourself: how is this possible? After all, it is Netanyahu who, in his long political career, has invested much of his energy and the power of his office in the cause of preventing Palestinian self-determination.