Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister
and head of the Israeli intransigence has said he is prepared to make
compromises with the Palestinians but rejected President Barack Obama’s
proposal that Israel return to its 1967 borders.
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‘For there to be peace, the Palestinians
will have to accept some basic realities - the first is that while
Israel is prepared to make generous compromises, it can not go back to
the 1967 line because these lines are indefensible.’ Mr Netanyahu
insisted.
Nabeel Abu Rudeina, the spokesman for PA
president Mahmoud Abbas said Netanyahu's position is an official
rejection of Mr Obama's initiative based on international legitimacy and
law (UN Security Council Resolution 242 etc).
Mr Netanyahu has called Hamas the
‘Palestinian version of al-Qaeda’ and rejected the involvement of Hamas
in peace negotiations even after their unity deal with Mr Abbas Fatah
organisation.
Refusing to acknowledge Israel’s right
to exist in the illegally confiscated lands of the Palestinians cannot
be deemed as terrorism. Hamas is fighting to liberate their homeland
from occupation because decades of negotiations or peace talks with
Israel have come to nothing.
Mr Netanyahu says the Palestinian
refugee crisis has to be solved by the neighbouring Arab countries and
Israel cannot let them come into West Bank or Gaza because the Jews
regard these territories as part of Israel.
‘Palestinian refugees cannot come to Israel... It's not going to happen,’ he said.
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Written by: Ibrahim Nazim
21 May 2011, Saturday
18 Jumaada al-THaany 1432
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