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Netanyahu to call for moving fence
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Ted Belman
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This is the key. By-pass the HC decision and move the fence where originally planned. The decision should not be allowed to stand.
I have been consistantly against the two state solution. I believed that Palestine would never be created and I promoted Israel from the Mediterranean to the Jordan
The US will reconsider its support for Palestine. The two state solution is being questioned at the Herzlia Conference. Don't lose hope. Keep up the good fight.
Posted by: Ted Belman on January 22, 2006 10:11 AM
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ShyGuy
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The essential difference between Netanyahu and Sharon/Olmert is a kilometer or 2 in this or that direction.
Posted by: ShyGuy on January 22, 2006 11:10 AM
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Ted Belman
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Shy Guy
You are right on the surface. My point is that to abort the HC decision is a huge change. Also "a few kilometers" may be enought to kill the creation of a viable Palestine. It opens up the debate for for better solutions.
Posted by: Ted Belman on January 22, 2006 01:07 PM
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Ted Belman
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I just read that Kadima is no longer stressing furhter unilateral withdrawal, but I staying with the Roadmap. Thus the next move is on the PA. This will signal a strong win for Kamida and leaves no opening for Likud.
Posted by: Ted Belman on January 22, 2006 04:56 PM
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nate
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The bestest peace plan ever for the mideast: Israel should withdraw completely from the Palestinian areas, and not cross the border to attack or even gather intelligence. It should hand the territories over to the UN, and tell Kofi Annan he has 4 or 5 years to straighten things out. Israel will only take military action against terrorists on the other side of its borders if the UN asks. Israel won't interfere at all in the Palestinian areas, unless the UN asks.
And when 4-5 years are up, and the terror hasn't ended, and the new Palestinian government (or UN dictatorship) wasn't making a geniune effort for peace, Israel should take as much of the Palestinian territory as it needs for security. (hint: the proximity of the West Bank to the middle of Israel means NONE of it can remain in Palestinian hands if terrorists are launching Katyusha rockets from it; Israel would have to take the whole West Bank). So Israel could give the Palestinians one last chance, and then end the whole problem for good.
There is no way ANYONE could realistically accuse Israel of sabotaging the peace plan, because Israel would completely extricate itself from the territories and leave it up to the UN to run.
Israel would suffer a lot during those 4-5 years, but it would build up an immense resolve during that time, the resolve necessary to engage in ethnic cleansing, and the rest of the world (the UN) would not be able to criticize Israel because they would be the ones in charge of stopping Palestinian terrorists.
It's such a beautiful plan, and the best part is, it actually has a chance of working, because Palestinians might get so scared of losing their Last Chance (they know they're not going to get any more after that), so they might actually make peace, which would be even more incredible.
Posted by: nate on January 22, 2006 08:20 PM
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radiorote
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So? Bibi is moving his liquor cabinet 4 inches closer to Amman, Jordan because the security gate shifts.
Big deal.
Posted by: radiorote on January 23, 2006 11:58 PM
Netanyahu to call for moving fence
By Gil Hoffman, JPOST
Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu will call for shifting the security fence eastward and initiating economic projects to help the Palestinians in his speech on Sunday night at the Herzliya Conference, sources close to Netanyahu said. Netanyahu will stress the need to ensure that Israel will have secure and defensible borders. To accomplish this, he will recommend restoring the fence to borders recommended by security officials before Supreme Court decisions changed its course.
The borders Netanyahu will outline will include the Jordan Valley, the Golan Heights, the Judean desert, an undivided Jerusalem, settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria, and the hilltops overlooking Ben-Gurion Airport, the Gush Dan region and Road 443.
Netanyahu gave a preview of his Herzliya speech when he addressed a delegation from the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee on Wednesday. In the AIPAC speech, Netanyahu said that negotiations could be conducted with the Palestinians based on reciprocity if there were a Palestinian partner that recognized Israel and would fight terror.
To help the Palestinians, Netanyahu told AIPAC officials that he supported economic projects that could encourage their economic development. Netanyahu is expected to elaborate on such projects in the Herzliya speech.
He has made a point in recent speeches of encouraging Kadima to reveal its red lines. In a speech at Tel Aviv University on Thursday, he accused the press of "hiding from the public that Kadima intends to withdraw from 90 percent of Judea and Samaria."
The bulk of Netanyahu's Herzliya speech will be devoted to the issue of security. Even though he only reached the rank of captain in the IDF, Netanyahu is the highest ranking soldier on the Likud's Knesset list.
Likud officials said it was unlikely that Netanyahu would try to add a general to the party's list ahead of the election, but Yediot Aharonot Internet portal YNET reported that he met last week with former IDF chief of General Staff Dan Shomron and asked him to join. Shomron, however, rejected the offer. Another general who could be asked is Maj.-Gen. (res) Ya'acov Amidror, who headed the IDF's military colleges and the research and assessment branch of military intelligence. Amidror was a vocal critic of disengagement but was against refusing orders. He helped write the plan for defensible borders that is being adopted as the Likud's platform. Amidror said that Netanyahu had not contacted him about joining the Likud and that he did not intend to enter politics.
Netanyahu has said in closed forums recently that "generals have to be in the army, not politics." The closest thing the Likud had to a
general, former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) department head Ehud Yatom, won the unrealistic 33rd slot on the list. He revealed on Saturday night that he had discussed the possibility of joining the National Union list with MK Aryeh Eldad. Army Radio reported on Saturday night that Eldad had also talked with Likud MKs Ayoub Kara and Michael Gorlovsky about joining the National Union. Eldad and Kara said that they had received many offers from other parties.
Posted by Ted Belman at January 22, 2006 09:58 AM