We must divide the land

[Jefferson23]

*Sell out

30-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 don’t 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 don’t 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.

http://www.fathomjournal.org/conversation/we-must-divide-the-land/

[King_David]

1. Divided into 3...

Israel ,Palestine-Gaza and Palestine-West Bank.

[azurnoir]

2. divide and keep the conquest eh?

fav-o-rite fantasy for some here

[King_David]

3. You can see Hamas relinquishing power

EVER?

That's no fantasy.

[Scootaloo]

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]

5. oh they been' working things out 'for years now...

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

6. Do you ever see illegal Israeli settlers

Giving up the land they illegally possess, King?

[Dick Dastardly]

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]

9. 93% withdrawal is still 7% theft.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

7. Well?