Abbas Aide: Netanyahu’s Speech To US Congress Is ‘Declaration Of War’ Against Palestinians

[Purveyor]

By Associated Press,

RAMALLAH, West Bank — A senior Palestinian official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parameters for a peace deal are a “declaration of war” on the Palestinians.

In Tuesday’s speech to the U.S. Congress, Netanyahu said Israel wants to keep key parts of the territories it captured in the 1967 Mideast war, including all of east Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank. The Palestinians want to establish their state in the occupied lands, but are ready for minor lands swaps.

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[azurnoir]

1. Full text of Netanyahu's speech

with key items snipped here


Now, this is not easy for me. It's not easy, because I recognize that in a genuine peace, we'll be required to give up parts of the ancestral Jewish homeland. And you have to understand this: In Judea and Samaria, the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers. (Cheers, applause.)


And here is what this means. It means that the Palestinian refugee problem will be resolved outside the borders of Israel. (Applause.)

You know, everybody knows this. It's time to say it. It's important.

And as for Jerusalem, only a democratic Israel has protected the freedom of worship for all faiths in the city. (Applause.) Throughout the millennial history of the Jewish capital, the only time that Jews, Christians and Moslems could worship freely, could have unfettered access to their holy sites has been during Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem.

Israel is prepared to sit down today and negotiate peace with the Palestinian Authority. I believe we can fashion a brilliant future for our children. But Israel will not negotiate with a Palestinian government backed by the Palestinian version of al-Qaeda. That we will not do. (Applause.)

So I say to President Abbas: Tear up your pact with Hamas! Sit down and negotiate. Make peace with the Jewish state. (Applause.) And if you do, I promise you this: Israel will not be the last country to welcome a Palestinian state as a new member of the United Nations; it will be the first to do so. (Extended applause.)


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[Bragi]

2. Just capitulate on everything, and peace will come!

That seems to be his well-applauded message to Congress.

[damntexdem]

3. Netanyahu doesn't want peace, he wants pieces -- until he has it all.

It's not in the political cards in the foreseeable future, but the U.S. must discontinue all monetary and political aid to the rogue state of Israel.