Prophesying the state's destruction

[newyorican]

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In his farewell interview, he says that this burning was to no avail, and that we are destined to an eternal war. His claim that the Palestinians only understand force was replaced by the argument that no force in the world will overcome their hunger to retake Jaffa and Safed. His prophecy is that the combination of terror and demographics, with question marks as to the justness of the course, is a recipe for the destruction of the Jewish state.

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Israel has yet to try the only solution acceptable to the Palestinians, most Israelis and the entire world - the solution of a withdrawal from the occupied territories and the dismantling of the settlements. The Palestinians are not alone in mistakenly dreaming about a return. While they continue to dream of Jaffa, the Israelis not only dreamed of returning to Hebron, but actually settled there. These two untenable dreams have dragged the conflict down to its low point. The promise to evacuate the Gaza Strip settlements has led to a temporary security lull, out of hope for a change in direction. Ya'alon is doing his bit for the renewal of the violence by taking the wind out of the sails of the move, by saying, in fact, that there is no point to it.

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"Israel is ready to give the Palestinians an independent Palestinian state, but the Palestinians are not ready to give us an independent Jewish state," Ya'alon says. But the reality is different: The State of Israel has already been established, and does not require Palestinian approval. On the other hand, Israel doesn't have to give the Palestinians an independent state, but to try, finally, to burn it into its consciousness.

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