Danny Danon, opponent of Palestinian state, to be Israel’s UN ambassador

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Source: Times of Israel

Danon, 44, has served as a Likud lawmaker since 2009. He was fired from his post as deputy defense minister last year by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after publicly criticizing what he said was the insufficiently aggressive conduct of that summer’s war with Hamas in Gaza.

A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office Friday said Danon “has been dealing with public diplomacy and international relations for over two decades.”

At a meeting last year with Times of Israel staff, Danon reiterated his fierce opposition to any two-state solution, instead calling on Israel to annex parts of the West Bank. While international consensus speaks of Israel retaining the major Jewish settlements blocs in the West Bank, and the rest going to a future Palestinian state, Danon hopes to “gain sovereignty over the majority of the land” in the West Bank, “with the minimum number of Palestinians,” he said.

According to his plan, the Palestinians would keep only their major population centers and would not receive Israeli citizenship. “Their status will have to be determined with Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians. It shouldn’t be Israel’s burden to deal with that issue. I think Jordan must be involved more than they are today.”

Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/danny-danon-to-be-israels-next-un-ambassador/

[blackspade]

1. This is a slap in the face of peace in that region.

Well played Israel, well played....

This prick is advocating ethnic cleansing.

And throwing responsibility on Jordan?

[6chars]

3. seems like a bad choice

don't see anywhere that he advocates ethnic cleansing, but pretty extreme.

[blackspade]

5. Then what does this entail?

"....Danon hopes to “gain sovereignty over the majority of the land” in the West Bank, “with the minimum number of Palestinians,” And this: "According to his plan, the Palestinians would keep only their major population centers "

This is ethnic cleansing.
And the same shit that we did to the Native Americans.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

6. You can repeatedly provide that truth to some

and they will constantly choose to remain blussfully ignorant of the facts.

But please keep on pointing it out.

[6chars]

8. i read that as about gerrymandering the border

not about moving people. but regardless, not the way to go.

[TubbersUK]

2. What an utterly despicable appointment n/t

[PSPS]

4. Israel's John Bolton

[geek tragedy]

7. It is men like Danny Danon, not Hamas or Iran, that

will destroy Israel and Zionism forever.

American liberals have to realize that you can't save those who refuse to be saved.

Not that a rightwing, militaristic, theocratic, racist apartheid state is worth saving.