Netanyahu to NBC: I want a peaceful two-state solution

[azurnoir]

Source: Ynet

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Thursday that he had abandoned his commitment to creating a Palestinian state, but said current political conditions made that possibility more remote.

"I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution. But for that, circumstances have to change," Netanyahu said in an interview on MSNBC, appearing to back away from comments he made during the Israeli election campaign that drew heavy US criticism.

It was remarkable to back-track so significantly on a two-state solution," said Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy, adding it could make Washington's effort to mediate more difficult.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he hoped the United States and Israel would see the election as "an opportunity to start over." But he said: "A two-state solution is impossible as long as Hamas exists and runs Gaza."





Read more: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4638988,00.html

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[blm]

1. Bibi knew exactly what he was doing - and BibizBoyz in Congress are along for whatever ride

Bibi wants them to take with him. The rest of the world be damned.

[ann---]

4. It will be even worse

if there is a GOP president in 2016. The possibility of war with
Iran grows more real with that.

[yardwork]

30. There is a lot of money to be made in military contracts.

[Jawja]

34. There will be.

Jeb Bush will be President. The mechanism that worked to steal it for older brother will steal it for little brother.

[betterdemsonly]

47. Hillary said their was no daylight between herself and Bibi on Iran

She has promoted numerous neocons to state department positions. Victoria Nuland being the most obvious example.

[flobee1]

2. sorry

Not buying it

[ann---]

3. He is a liar

plain and simple. There will NEVER be peace as long as he is in power.
The Israelis who voted for him got what they wanted - another term
of bloodshed for Palestinian children.

[blm]

5. And arrogantly assumes he can lie and get away with it…because...he's Bibi, dammit!

Cue the Bibi as Gumby photoshops.

[old guy]

6. Liar.

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. Wow, what a brazen liar. Who could ever trust anything he says?

Sorry Zionist hotheads, you just got snookered.

[geek tragedy]

16. No they didn't get snookered. He was telling them the truth.

Maybe 5 people on planet earth believe him when he says he favors the two-state solution.

There are really two groups:

1) People who know he's a liar and call him out;
2) People who know he's a liar and pretend he's telling the truth for their own agenda

It appears the Obama administration is transitioning from (2) to (1)

[Comrade Grumpy]

29. True dat. n/t

[MANative]

8. The appropriate follow-up question would have been...

"Have you been lying for the last twenty years? Or were you lying to get votes? Or are you lying now? Or have you told so many lies you don't know which is the truth?"

[oldandhappy]

9. Pants on fire.

Double talking will not bring back trust.

[yardwork]

31. Trust is no longer necessary to the war hawks.

It's time to make some real money.

[herding cats]

10. So, he lied to get votes.

But he's totally being honest now that he's won. Yeah, sure. The only time he's being honest is when his mouth is closed.

He is dangerous and so are his supporters in our government.

[840high]

19. Politicians lying is new?

[Fred Sanders]

21. Lying can be accepted because of continual use and it is just old hat? How about racism? No, no it will not be.

[840high]

41. Yet we do accept it. Our

own politicians make promises they never keep. What do we do - we vote them back in office.

[herding cats]

43. The speed with which he retracted the lie is new.

I'm in. I lied. Deal with it losers.

Either that or he's lying now because of the blow back from his election words which are now hampering his coalition work?

[BillZBubb]

11. Netanyahu is one evil man.

His game hasn't changed. He had to reveal his real agenda to get re-elected. Now, he's back to the lies and spin.

[Vinca]

12. Wow - it's like a lesson from the "Mitt Romney School of Whip Lashery."

[android fan]

13. Too late.

Your party is so toxic that no coalition will touch you except for the usual right-wing ones...

And you needed Kulanu, who is going to be the kingmaker....

Kulanu's idea is for Bibi and Likudniks to get out of power...

[d_legendary1]

14. A peaceful two-state solution

when the other side is no more then he'll have his peace.

[840high]

39. Hamas was offered a two-state

solution under Clinton. They did not accept.

[BillZBubb]

42. What utter BULLSHIT!

The PLO was offered the so-called 2 state solution. It was a deal that was so heavily tilted to the Israelis benefit that no Palestinian would ever accept it.

[Kingofalldems]

15. So he admits to lying last week.

What else has he lied about?

[azurnoir]

17. well maybe but then again

it's not like the reaction from the US/Obama could have been exactly unanticipated either , Bibi may be many things but stupid is not one of them

[riobravo]

18. Now and/or Then?

Was he lying before, when he was against it
or is he lying now, when he's for it?
Nosey unchosen minds want to know

[Xipe Totec]

20. It's Bibi's Two-Faced Solution. nt

[Jack Rabbit]

25. +1

[Scurrilous]

33. ...

[shaayecanaan]

44. that's gold nt

[Dawson Leery]

22. The UN Security Council must condemn any new settlements.

Bibi is a liar, a national supremacist, a racist, and an imperialist.

I want to see Obama allow the Security Council to condemn Bibi for the theft of Palestinians homes.

[riobravo]

23. What BiBi really said

What BiBi really said before the NBC editors "cleaned up" his statement...
"I want a FINAL two-state solution"

[calimary]

26. Welcome to DU, riobravo!

Glad you're here! HAH! A joke, but it's almost too close to the truth, seems to me. I don't trust him. It's one of those - "oh, okay, so you say that NOW, 'eh?" things. It's not that I merely don't trust him. I CAN'T trust him. Especially after having observed his sneaky, duplicitous behavior. No wonder he sides with the CONS. That's exactly what they do, too.

[Mosby]

46. "FINAL two-state solution"

That's what they call a dog whistle right?

Aren't you clever.

[calimary]

24. Uh huh. Yeah, riiiiiiiiight, bibi.

Oh SURE! I'm gonna fall in line and trust you and believe what you say. You said what you said immediately before the election to manipulate people, and you're saying what you're saying now to manipulate more people.

You want us to trust you now?

After sticking a knife in the back of our President and trying to embarrass him in public and derail what he's trying to do to make that whole area where you live a little less of a hot zone?

And after sneaking around behind the State Department's backs with your sneaky little weasel ambassador cooking this shitty duplicitous sneaky-ass tactic with the opponents of this President whose efforts on your country's behalf you are STILL trying to undermine?

Sir, did your mom ever read you a bedtime story about the little boy who cried wolf?

[Jack Rabbit]

27. And I've got some beachfront property by the Sea of Tranquility at bargain prices

[deminks]

28. He lied just to win an election? How Republican!

[840high]

40. Right - Dems never lie.

[karynnj]

32. Simple solution -- say we all want to see your plan

including your requirements and a map that proposes your first take at the boundary lines.

What has been really stupid is that many have asked what is the American plan -- no matter which President was in office. It is true that we are mediating, but this is really a problem between Israel and the Palestinians.

No solution works unless they agree -- there was an Arab plan, there has never been an official Israeli plan. Given that Netanyahu lied, he has to regain trust - not just with the US, but with the Israeli Arabs, and the Arabs in the occupied territories and the entire world.

Where is his peace plan?

[blkmusclmachine]

35. Nutty yahoo is lying now. Or lied then. Or is lying now and then. Either way, I'm sure his idea of a

"State" will be a total farce.

[Purveyor]

36. You are the leader of an 'apartheid State' Bibi. You should be so proud, indeed. eom

[IronLionZion]

37. pants on fire!

Bibi doesn't want peaceful and he sure doesn't two-states, and he most certainly will never want a solution.

His party rides to victory on fear. Why would they give up their main political issue?

[closeupready]

38. Lies.

[Ken Burch]

45. ...between North and South Dakota.

He can't stand all that Lutheran terrorism.

[Xolodno]

48. Oh I believe he wants a peaceful two state religion allright....

...Only, he wants them called Judah and Israel.