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Related: About this forumWe must divide the land
*Sell out30-Jan-2014 |
Isaac Herzog
snip* Part 2: The peace process
Richard Pater: At the next election you will be a candidate for Prime Minister. How will you convince a sceptical Israeli public that peace is possible and worth the risks?
IH: It is not only that peace is possible, but I need to convince the Israeli public to see me as somebody able to lead in a responsible manner and protect the interests of the nation. I believe that my political record, my record as a minister, as a member of the Security Cabinet and as a member of the Knesset stands for me. I enjoy a certain good will in the public that I need to transform into political support.
I speak in a very frank and open manner. I believe that Israel must move for peace. We must move towards the division of the land between the Palestinians and us in order to maintain the future of Israel as a Jewish democratic state. I say this very bluntly.
For example, on the issue of Jerusalem, I dont rule out the possibility that as part of a political solution there will be government institutions of the Palestinian state in one of the Arab neighbourhoods of Jerusalem. I dont think that violates our loyalty, love and affection for Jerusalem. In the eastern Arab neighbourhoods of Jerusalem there reside over 300,000 Palestinians. They are not seen as part of Israel, and rightly so. I think that we need to be innovative and bold and tell the truth to the people. Part of the truth is that in order for Zionism to prevail and to succeed we must make sure that Gush Etzion and Maaleh Adumim will be part of Israel for ever. This needs to be done by way of a swap of land with the Palestinians. If we reach an agreement to separate from the Palestinians, this will be a victory for Zionism.
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We must divide the land (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Feb 2014
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King_David
(14,851 posts)1. Divided into 3...
Israel ,Palestine-Gaza and Palestine-West Bank.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)2. divide and keep the conquest eh?
fav-o-rite fantasy for some here
King_David
(14,851 posts)3. You can see Hamas relinquishing power
EVER?
That's no fantasy.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)4. Faster than I forseee Israeli pirates going back behind their borders
Seeing as how Hamas is currently working on settling things out with Fatah to move the PA forward, while Israel keeps grasping for more and more land.
King_David
(14,851 posts)5. oh they been' working things out 'for years now...
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)6. Do you ever see illegal Israeli settlers
Giving up the land they illegally possess, King?
Dick Dastardly
(937 posts)8. Yes. In the Sinai and in Gaza all settlers are gone.
The military left too.
In Gaza the result was attacks multiplied massively.
Peace deals were also offered that pulled settlements back to the large settlements by the green line leaving Palestinians 93% of the W Bank with land swaps and a WB Gaza corridor to make up the rest. Palestinians refused it.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)9. 93% withdrawal is still 7% theft.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)7. Well?