Livni: Israeli settlements are to blame for failure of talks

[Jefferson23]

Echoing U.S. special envoy Martin Indyk's comments, justice minister tells Army Radio that 'settlement construction makes it impossible to defend Israel around the world.'

By Haaretz | May 9, 2014 |

Justice Minister and chief Israeli negotiator Tzipi Livni said Friday that the settlements are preventing Israel from reaching a resolution with the Palestinians.

"The settlers want to prevent us from living a normal life and do not accept the authority of the law," Livni told Army Radio on Friday.

Echoing U.S. special envoy Martin Indyk's comments Thursday night that settlements undermine negotiations and and could "drive Israel into an irreversible binational reality," Livni said that the settlers "are preventing us from reaching a resolution," adding that "settlement construction makes it impossible to defend Israel around the world."

Addressing the recent wave of anti-Arab hate crimes across the country, Livni said the perpetrators are a small radical core of West Bank settlers who do not respect the law or share Israel's values. "This is an extremist ideological group based in certain settlements in Judea and Samaria that doesn't adhere to any authority," she said.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.589764

[sabbat hunter]

1. I still don't understand

why she agreed to be a part of the current coalition, she knew what bibi would be doing.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. Power? A paycheck? Noteriety?

All of the above and more?

[Jefferson23]

3. I think we discussed this once before, do you think this opinion rings true?

Maybe now more than ever?

With Livni as his fig leaf, Bibi can now form an extremist government

http://972mag.com/with-livni-as-his-fig-leaf-bibi-can-now-form-an-extremist-government/66338/