It's now the day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech. His speech has received mixed reviews, with at least one somewhat favorable and from an unexpected source. But consider this from Netanyahu's speech:

I told President Obama when I was in Washington that if we could agree on the substance, then the terminology would not pose a problem. And here is the substance that I now state clearly:

If we receive this guarantee regarding demilitirization and Israel's security needs, and if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the State of the Jewish people, then we will be ready in a future peace agreement to reach a solution where a demilitarized Palestinian state exists alongside the Jewish state.

Regarding the remaining important issues that will be discussed as part of the final settlement, my positions are known: Israel needs defensible borders, and Jerusalem must remain the united capital of Israel with continued religious freedom for all faiths. The territorial question will be discussed as part of the final peace agreement. In the meantime, we have no intention of building new settlements or of expropriating additional land for existing settlements.

As I read this excerpt, Bibi is saying, look you want me to call whatever the Palestinians end up with a "state," ok, far be it from to get hung up on terminology. Just don't expect it be a state like any other state, you know, sovereign.