Citing Biblical Precedent, Netanyahu Cautions Against ‘Rushed’ Peace Agreement

[Purveyor]

Israel should not rush into a peace agreement with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as the Hamas terror group could take over the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.

Netanyahu, speaking at his weekly Bible-study session, compared political changes in the region to the weekly portion, saying just as a benevolent Pharaoh was replaced by one who enslaved the Jews, leaders around the region are being forced out and that could happen to Abbas as well.

“In this week’s Torah portion it is written, ‘Now there arose a new king over Egypt who knew not Joseph.’ That’s also happening today,” he said from his Jerusalem residence, referring to the Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, who replaced Hosni Mubarak as Egypt’s leader last year.

“Everyone knows that Hamas could take over the Palestinian Authority,” Netanyahu said. “It can happen after an agreement [with Israel], it could happen before an agreement, as was the case in Gaza.”

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[Jefferson23]

1. Over 40 years, but yea, don't rush things along Bibi.

Official: Israeli talk of West Bank collapse 'wishful thinking'

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The spokesman of the PA security forces Adnan Dimeiri on Wednesday accused Israeli officials of engaging in "wishful thinking" in their warnings that the West Bank government and security situation is on the brink of collapse.

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday sounded a note of defiance after President Shimon Peres urged haste in negotiating peace with the PLO. "Every intelligent person knows that Hamas could take over the Palestinian Authority," Netanyahu warned.

Dimeri responded that taken with Israeli raids on Palestinian Authority areas, settlement-building and seizure of Palestinian tax funds, the comments represent the Israeli government's wish that the government collapse.

"I think that Israelis are talking to the whole world about their hopes for chaos to take over the West Bank, and that they’re telling the world that the PA isn’t able to control the situations in the Palestinian territory as if this is reality," Dimeiri said.

Recent demonstrations in the West Bank is just the practise freedom of speech, which Israel sees as a threat, thus claiming it represents a return to militant activity, he argued. The security services are in full control of the West Bank, he assured.

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