The speech is here and a few items:
Peace has always been our people’s most ardent desire.
Jewish survival is our most ardent desire.
...An economic peace is not a substitute for a political peace, but an important element to achieving it.
Correct. First, economy, then democratic society, then full human rights. If the societies are not relatively equal, there will be no peace.
There is an enormous potential for archeological tourism, if we can only learn to cooperate and to develop it.
This will be a great boon for ancient Jewish historical presence in the country.
Israel is obligated by its international commitments and expects all parties to keep their commitments.
Missed a chance to announce the Road Map needed a new compass.
In order to bring an end to the conflict, we must give an honest and forthright answer to the question: What is the root of the conflict?...And the simple truth is that the root of the conflict was, and remains, the refusal to recognize the right of the Jewish people to a state of their own, in their historic homeland.
Excellent.
The Arabs rejected any Jewish state, in any borders.
Those who think that the continued enmity toward Israel is a product of our presence in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, is confusing cause and consequence.
The attacks against us began in the 1920s, escalated into a comprehensive attack in 1948 with the declaration of Israel’s independence, continued with the fedayeen attacks in the 1950s, and climaxed in 1967, on the eve of the six-day war, in an attempt to tighten a noose around the neck of the State of Israel.
Superb.
Many good people have told us that withdrawal from territories is the key to peace with the Palestinians. Well, we withdrew. But the fact is that every withdrawal was met with massive waves of terror, by suicide bombers and thousands of missiles.
Great.
The claim that territorial withdrawals will bring peace with the Palestinians, or at least advance peace, has up till now not stood the test of reality.
Stupendous.
...there must also be a clear understanding that the Palestinian refugee problem will be resolved outside Israel’s borders. For it is clear that any demand for resettling Palestinian refugees within Israel undermines Israel’s continued existence as the state of the Jewish people.
Very good.
...let me first say that the connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel has lasted for more than 3500 years. Judea and Samaria, the places where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, David and Solomon, and Isaiah and Jeremiah lived, are not alien to us. This is the land of our forefathers.
The right of the Jewish people to a state in the land of Israel does not derive from the catastrophes that have plagued our people...But our right to build our sovereign state here, in the land of Israel, arises from one simple fact: this is the homeland of the Jewish people, this is where our identity was forged.
Take that Obama.
But now he fumbles it.
In my vision of peace, in this small land of ours, two peoples live freely, side-by-side, in amity and mutual respect. Each will have its own flag, its own national anthem, its own government. Neither will threaten the security or survival of the other.
These two realities – our connection to the land of Israel, and the Palestinian population living within it – have created deep divisions in Israeli society...Palestinians must clearly and unambiguously recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people. The second principle is: demilitarization. The territory under Palestinian control must be demilitarized with ironclad security provisions for Israel...It is impossible to expect us to agree in advance to the principle of a Palestinian state without assurances that this state will be demilitarized.
A Catch-22 situation: conditions that probably cannot be fulfilled.
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...Jerusalem must remain the united capital of Israel with continued religious freedom for all faiths.
State is a no-no word.
...In the meantime, we have no intention of building new settlements or of expropriating additional land for existing settlements. But there is a need to enable the residents to live normal lives, to allow mothers and fathers to raise their children like families elsewhere. The settlers are neither the enemies of the people nor the enemies of peace. Rather, they are an integral part of our people, a principled, pioneering and Zionist public.
Even the Prime Minister's translation team uses "settlers". Dummies.
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2 comments:
You're a backward dumb ass. Israel is doomed if it follows Nutanyahoo's course. Though it won't, as the speech was widely reviled in Israel . . . except among the nutcases and the superstitous racists.
Maariv - Ben Caspit: “one small step for the peace process, one giant leap for Binyamin Netanyahu. . . Welcome, Mr Prime Minister, to the 20th century. The problem is that we're already in the 21st. If Netanyahu had the slightest belief that there was some chance that the Palestinians would be capable of acquiescing to any of the conditions he had set, he would have refrained from saying what he did."
I am always surprised at people who think they are smart and intelligent but feel a need to foul-mouth adversaries rather than point out factual errors. But you provide some posterior humor so you have some use. And learn to spell.
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