Someone Is Beginning To Think

"Have you failed to notice that the more we lend legitimacy
to a Palestinian state, the more it comes at the expense of our own?"

Uzi Arad,
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's national security adviser
in an address to a Jewish Agency audience,
June 22, 2010


More:

"The creation of a Palestinian state remains the choice of many. But in the process, have you failed to notice that the more we lend legitimacy to a Palestinian state, the more it comes at the expense of our own?"

...the Palestinians [are] "major actors in the de-legitimization of Israel"..."In trying to make peace" via the indirect U.S.-led talks, "we are embracing an adversary who is conducting a very effective battle against us internationally..."Maybe we should have acted somewhat differently -- less zealous to champion the Palestinians and more eager to defend our own ranks."

..."If we do make an initiative, which incorporates further concessions, it would only validate their current rejectionist position, leading them to say, 'If we wait long enough there will be some more,' " Arad said, referring to the Palestinians.

Finally, some, ahem, original thinking.


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