☆pro-Israel☆pro-peace☆: "'There could be an situation in which talks with the Palestinians hit a brick wall over the issues of Jerusalem and the right of return (of refugees), and in that case the result would be an interim agreement,' Netanyahu said in an interview on Channel 10 private television.
'It certainly is a possibility,' the prime minister said.
'But if the Palestinians accept a demilitarised state and renounce de facto to the right of return, I'll go all the way and I think that the majority of the country (Israel) will follow me,' Netanyahu added."
[03.01.2011]
ReplyDeleteThe International Context of the U.S. Veto at the UN Security Council
Translation of an interview with Dore Gold by Michael Tuchfeld
Makor Rishon (Hebrew), 25 February 2011
Will the UN Back a Palestinian State on the '67 Lines?
Israel needs to prepare for the possibility that the UN Security Council will be asked to decide on the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines, warns Dr. Dore Gold, who served as Israel's Ambassador to the UN at the end of the '90s. These preparations, according to Gold, have to include a specific clarification on Israel's part that if the Palestinians do this in a one-sided manner, Israel will act to impose Israeli law on areas of the West Bank that are essential to it. In non-diplomatic language - Israel will annex these areas.
"It's necessary to say this in advance," said Gold. "Perhaps the world will become alarmed by the Israeli threat and pressure the Palestinian side to avoid such one-sided moves. This needs to be as clear as day. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare the ground right now in Washington, London, and other European capitals in order to clarify what are Israel's essential interests. Israel's National Security Council has already prepared such position papers. Now is the time to take them out of the safe and present them to the world."
http://www.onejerusalem.org/2011/03/the-international-context-of-t.php
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