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Netanyahu: If Peace Deal Is Possible, It Can Be Reached in a Year

(CNBC-Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Interview with Maria Bartiromo - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday: "I want to see those [peace] negotiations resumed. And frankly, what I have in mind is not merely to achieve a peace between us and the Palestinians, but a broader peace with most or all of the Arab states. Now, that is a game changer because we'd have political benefits for all of us, [since] everybody understands we have a common adversary in Iran." "As we've recognized the Palestinian state, will they recognize the Jewish state? Will we end the conflict? Because we don't want a Palestinian state to be a state which continues the conflict....And in our part of the world, the only peace that holds is a peace you can defend." "I said that we should take the coming year and try to fashion this historic peace agreement, and people said, well, how can you finish it in a year? And I said you can finish it in a year - if there's a deal out there, you'll finish it in a year. And if there's not a deal out there, then more time will not change it."
2010-11-12 08:21:44
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