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http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.682374?date=1445899669786
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that although he doesn't want a binational state, "at this time we need to control all of the territory for the foreseeable future."
MKs who took part in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting where the prime minister spoke told Haaretz that Netanyahu turned to the politicians and said, hinting at the anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination: "These days, there is talk about what would happen if this or that person would have remained. It's irrelevant; there are movements here of religion and Islam that have nothing to do with us." Netanyahu then turned to opposition MKs and said: "You think there is a magic wand here, but I disagree. I'm asked if we will forever live by the sword yes."
Habayit Hayehudi MK Betzalel Smotrich asked Netanyahu: "Why do you even talk to (Palestinian President Mahmoud) Abbas? Why pull the world's leg?" Netanyahu responded by saying that Israel "is not talking to bin Laden or ISIS, but I will talk to whoever isn't calling for our destruction."
Netanyahu said that contrary to what many of his colleagues on the right are saying, he is ready for territorial concessions. He added, however, that the problem is that the other side is unwilling to go down that path. "Half of the Palestinians are ruled by extreme Islam that wants to destroy us; if there were elections tomorrow, Hamas would win."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that although he doesn't want a binational state, "at this time we need to control all of the territory for the foreseeable future."
MKs who took part in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting where the prime minister spoke told Haaretz that Netanyahu turned to the politicians and said, hinting at the anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination: "These days, there is talk about what would happen if this or that person would have remained. It's irrelevant; there are movements here of religion and Islam that have nothing to do with us." Netanyahu then turned to opposition MKs and said: "You think there is a magic wand here, but I disagree. I'm asked if we will forever live by the sword yes."
Habayit Hayehudi MK Betzalel Smotrich asked Netanyahu: "Why do you even talk to (Palestinian President Mahmoud) Abbas? Why pull the world's leg?" Netanyahu responded by saying that Israel "is not talking to bin Laden or ISIS, but I will talk to whoever isn't calling for our destruction."
Netanyahu said that contrary to what many of his colleagues on the right are saying, he is ready for territorial concessions. He added, however, that the problem is that the other side is unwilling to go down that path. "Half of the Palestinians are ruled by extreme Islam that wants to destroy us; if there were elections tomorrow, Hamas would win."
What Netanyahu is arguing for is the continuation and preservation of Israeli apartheid over the Palestinian population.
That is just fucking sick. but there are some in I/P that agree with his proclamation.
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Netanyahu: I Don't Want a Binational State, but We Need to Control All of the Territory... [View all]
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
OP
The two state solution is dead. Netanyahu doesn't want it and neither do you. Your posts prove it.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#3
"You never supported the 2 state solution..." Which shows you don't know how to read.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#5
Why is it that you feel Jews deserve RoR that includes the West Bank because of history yet deny
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#10
Same was said when Bibi was in power in the late 90's, then Barak was elected....
shira
Oct 2015
#24
There are no doors - the two-state solution is dead, and Netanyahu killed it.
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#11
Isn't that just the one-state solution while calling it something else? n/t
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#13