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Waiting for Abbas to Tell His People the Truth

(Prime Minister's Office) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Prime Minister Netanyahu told the Knesset on Wednesday: "What has become very clear in the last few weeks and days, and cannot be ignored, is that the origin of the problem of instability in the Middle-East is first of all Iran....What we are discovering now is that today there is a much broader agreement among world leaders and diplomatic bodies and among strategists that the largest threat to world peace and peace in this region is currently a nuclear Iran." "We are making attempts to advance the political process. I cannot guarantee that we will be successful, but I promise that we will continue trying and I hope we succeed. For us to succeed, we need a partner for a responsible peace, not the kind of peace in which you throw down your protective vest, rifle and all your defenses, shut your eyes and hope for the best. We want to see security measures and a basic recognition of the right of the Jewish people to a state of its own." "I am waiting for Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] to tell his people the truth. A few days ago I heard that the Palestinian Information Ministry was publishing a study that claims that the Jewish people has no connection to the Western Wall....I am trying to envision what the reaction would be...if the Israeli government were to say that Islam has no ties to Mecca, or that Christianity and the Vatican are not linked." "I say to Abu Mazen to condemn this, denounce the study, turn to your people and tell them: 'There is a Jewish people here, it has been here for close to 4,000 years, we recognize this people, we recognize their historic bond with this land and this city.'" "Israel is not hindering the solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rather, it is the PA who is unwilling to stand up and say to its people the truth, the need for true compromise."
2010-12-03 08:10:29
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