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December 26, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/lieberman-israeli-palestinian-peace-will-not-be-achieved-within-the-next-decade-1.403527

Israel: Palestinians Are Not Working toward Peace

(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday that the Palestinians are not working toward peace but rather trying to internationalize the conflict. Therefore, Israel must work to manage the conflict and not solve it. "No territorial concession will solve the real issues: refugees, security arrangements, and Jerusalem." "The only change that would happen here if we return to 1967 borders would be that the Kassam and Grad rocket fire will not only come from Gaza into southern Israeli cities but also from Kalkilya [in the West Bank] into central Israel." "The countries who criticized us need to understand that construction in the West Bank is not an obstacle to peace and those who pose an obstacle to negotiations, and the opportunity for peace, are the Palestinians who refuse to negotiate with us."

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