Israel's new deputy foreign minister: 'This land is ours. All of it is ours'

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Israel’s new deputy foreign minister on Thursday delivered a defiant message to the international community, saying that Israel owes no apologies for its policies in the Holy Land and citing religious texts to back her belief that it belongs to the Jewish people.

The speech by Tzipi Hotovely illustrated the influence of hardliners in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s new government, and the challenges he will face as he tries to persuade the world that he is serious about pursuing peace with the Palestinians.

Hotovely, 36, is among a generation of young hardliners in Netanyahu’s Likud party who support West Bank settlement construction and oppose ceding captured land to the Palestinians. Since Netanyahu has a slim one-seat majority in parliament, these lawmakers could complicate any attempt to revive peace talks.

With Netanyahu also serving as the acting foreign minister, Hotovely is currently the country’s top full-time diplomat.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/22/israels-new-deputy-foreign-minister-this-land-is-ours-all-of-it-is-ours

[Jake Stern]

1. She's channeling her inner Daffy Duck

"It's mine, mine, mine ALL MINE!!!"

[Jefferson23]

2. I appreciate her candor, no illusions. The allegedly reasonable people who are not in power

will not support a viable state for the Palestinians, either.

[oberliner]

3. You have no idea what you are talking about

The reasonable people who are not in power explicit do support a viable state for the Palestinians. It was part of their political platform.

An agreement leading to two states living side by side at peace with one another along the lines of what is outlined in the Geneva Initiative is exactly what reasonable Israelis and Palestinians have been promoting for years.

[Jefferson23]

4. Herzog: I won’t build outside settlement blocs

http://www.timesofisrael.com/herzog-i-wont-build-outside-settlement-blocs/


*The allegedly reasonable politicians can make statements like this and to the causal observer
sound, uh..reasonable. The reality is that he knows Israel will retain the major settlement
land areas, that is where all valuable water/arable land resources are. The Palestinians will be left
with a bantustan..there will be no meaningful concessions from Israel but they will continue to
try and advertise it as major concessions.