Netanyahu Says Israel Will Not Cede Land To Palestinians

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel will not cede territory due to the current climate in the Middle East, appearing to rule out the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Netanyahu's comments, which came as he sought to appeal to hard-liners ahead of national elections next week, rejected a key goal of the international community and bode poorly for future peace efforts if he is re-elected.

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that any evacuated territory would fall into the hands of Islamic extremism and terror organizations supported by Iran. Therefore, there will be no concessions and no withdrawals. It is simply irrelevant," read a statement released by his Likud party.

Party spokesman Elie Bennett said Netanyahu's landmark 2009 speech, in which he endorsed the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, was "not relevant" in the "current realities." The international community has long pushed for the creation of a Palestinian state on lands captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. In 1993, Israel and the Palestinians signed an interim agreement that was to lead to the end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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[BillZBubb]

1. This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one.

It has been Netanyahu's real agenda all along. After his very public BJ from the US republicans, he knows he can do whatever he wants. They've got his back.

[lsewpershad]

22. Totally agree

[AgingAmerican]

2. Apartheid

nt

[atreides1]

6. They learned from the best

Wasn't Israel one of the few countries that supported the Apartheid South African government?

[Chasstev365]

21. Or....

Gaza = The 21st Century Warsaw Ghetto.

[imthevicar]

24. OH That's gotta Hurt!

[Mosby]

28. 400,000 Warsaw Jews died in the ghetto

You got an emoticon for that?

[imthevicar]

29. Don't blow up somthing to suit your anger.

[Mosby]

30. That doesn't make sense

So for the record you think Gaza is like the Warsaw ghetto?

[forest444]

3. If there's one country in the world that absolutely needs regime change

it's Israel under Netanyahoo, who almost singlehandedly turned an ally into a rogue state.

[KittyWampus]

4. No, but they'll continue to illegally settle on Palestinian lands. Palestine territory

now looks like shrunken swiss cheese.

[Chemisse]

7. Exactly. And then they won't cede THAT land either.

[DFW]

5. "....as he sought to appeal to hard-liners...."

One can only hope there are less hard-liners in Israel these days than reasonable people of voting age..........

[EEO]

8. This guy is out of control. I hope he loses.

[Submariner]

9. Republican teabagger Bibi Netanyahu runs a welfare state

supported by U.S. tax dollars. We gave him nukes and the bucks to build his Apartheid wall so our country is going to be just as much to blame for all the chaos that ensues. What the fuck is wrong with those people over there that keep electing this turd into office.

[shaayecanaan]

10. That appears to settle the matter

Israel will not voluntarily allow a palestinian state to come into existence. What is the alternative?

[geek tragedy]

11. Apartheid now, apartheid tomorrow, apartheid forever.

One state solution is all that remains. Israel will either become Botha-era South Africa, or it will cease to exist as Israel.

Zionism has failed.

[Joe Johns]

12. Bibi is a U.S. Republican at heart

"Screw my country, I'm getting reelected regardless of the consequences!"

[pscot]

13. Whoa!

Complete surprise there.

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. He thinks this will help his reelection

That is a very depressing thought. The choice now couldn't be clearer for Israel.

[Botany]

15. Bibi's actions do not help Israel but doom it to a state of non stop war and terrorism

[Jack Rabbit]

16. It's time for a multiple guess exam . . .

Netanyahu is . . .
[ol type="a"]

A war criminal

A fuck up

The George W. Bush of Israel

[geek tragedy]

18. D all of the above and worse nt

[Jack Rabbit]

19. You missed the point

"c" is the correct answer. If one is George W. Bush, then one is both a war criminal and a fuck up.

[geek tragedy]

20. He's more Cheney than Bush imo. nt

[sulphurdunn]

17. Nothing going on here but the reconquest of Canaan

That was the intent from the beginning. It's just taking longer than the Zionists planned. Suckering the world outside the US has been a disappointment. Now, even the American suckers are beginning to ask questions. The only option a militant rightwing government has is to double down. Bibi is less to blame than the American fifth columnists who bankroll him and the American right.

[Marrah_G]

23. He wants a war

He is a racist asshole.

[father founding]

25. Make one up

The Palestinians need their own Balfour Declaration.

[DetlefK]

26. Excellent. A One-State-solution then. Where can Palestinians sign up for full israeli citizenship?

He surely didn't mean to say that he wants to drag the occupation, oppression and discrimination on forever, right?

[closeupready]

27. That was Netanyahu's plan all along. Many in Israel DO want to talk peace,

and give Palestinians a real state with real borders, not the Swiss cheese one. Netanyahu, like Sharon, NEVER wanted peace, and wants it ALL.

That will not happen, IMO.