Livni: We Face South Africa-Style Isolation Because Of Settlements

[Purveyor]

If peace talks collapse, ‘a wave’ of boycott pressure will crash into Israel, says justice minister. It’s a propaganda war ‘and we’re losing,’ says deputy FM Elkin

BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF January 18, 2014, 10:41 pm

If Israeli-Palestinian peace talks fail, Israel will be subjected to international isolation similar to that which brought about the collapse of the Apartheid regime in South Africa, Israel’s Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who is leading Israel’s negotiations with the Palestinians, warned on Saturday.

“The world does not understand the settlements,” Livni said in a Channel 2 TV news interview. “The peace negotiations are the wall stopping the wave [of international boycott pressure]. If there is a crisis [in the talks, that wave] will crash through.”

Asked whether Israel would face the same kind of isolation as South Africa did, she replied, “Yes.” Because of the dangers, Livni said: “I’m screaming, ‘Wake Up!’”

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed last July, but have made no clear progress. US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is brokering the talks, appears to have abandoned his goal of achieving a peace accord by April, and is instead said to be finalizing a more general “framework” accord, covering all key issues, as a basis for continuing the talks beyond April. A TV report on Friday said the Palestinians were likely to reject the framework deal, blame Israel for the failure, and launch a diplomatic and legal war against Israel in every possible international forum.

Livni added in the TV interview that she respected but disagreed with those who champion the Greater Land of Israel ideology and are committed to expanding West Bank settlements. “Don’t impose this isolation upon us,” she pleaded, adding that each announcement of new settlement plans, and every new building in an isolated settlement, “is another brick in the wall of isolation that is being built around us.”

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[sabbat hunter]

1. Livini should`

pull out of the coalition.

She was promised to lead the negotiations, but it is obvious that she is not being allowed to do so. She should also join with Lapid to form a center-left coalition


http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Labor-officials-lobby-Livni-Lapid-to-quit-confrontational-Netanyahu-coalition-338578

Between Yesh, Atid, Labor, Hatnuah, Meretz, Kadima they have 48.
convince Shas and United Torah (ugh I do not like the religious parties) and they have enough to bring down Bibi and form a new coalition.

But even bringing down Bibi will be a lot as it will split the Likud/Yisrael beiteinu party, with Lieberman and bibi vying for power. That will be enough to get a center-left coalition in to power.

Hell with a bit of luck, they might even be able to exclude the religious parties from the government, if they are willing to bring the Israeli Arab parties in to the coalition.

[oberliner]

2. Agreed

It's really a shame she was never given a chance to lead a government when her party won the most votes two elections ago.

[azurnoir]

3. what a difference a day makes-sort of

PM, Livni said to support Liberman’s land-and-people swap plan

Unnamed official sources told the newspaper that Netanyahu has concluded that, in the event of an agreement with the Palestinians, the demographic factor must be taken into consideration, which would mean amending the borders to include some Israeli Arab towns in the new Palestinian state as Israel would include some West Bank Jewish settlements. The officials said that, during negotiations with the Palestinian Authority in recent months, Livni brought up the names of specific towns and villages to be included in the Palestinian state.

“She is now expressing support for expanding the principle in the direction of the Liberman plan,” one source said. “Pay attention to the fact that, after the things Liberman said at the ambassadors’ summit [to the effect that peace required exchanging territory and populations], there were two people who chose not to discuss the issue — Netanyahu and Livni,” a senior official said. “It’s not a coincidence.”


http://www.timesofisrael.com/sources-pm-livni-support-liberman-population-plan/