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Source: http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article111836124/The-Palestinians-want-a-state-without-peace.html
Netanyahu: "The Palestinians Want a State Without Peace"
(Die Welt-Germany) Cornelius Tittel and Clemens Wergin - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview: "Every fair minded person knows that Israel is a beleaguered country, under attack. We're the only country threatened with genocide. We vacated territory right next to our cities, territory that has been taken over by the proxies of Iran, territory from which they've fired thousand of rockets on our cities and from which they openly call for our destruction." "Now we're asked to vacate more territory right next to Jerusalem, right next to Tel Aviv, without any guarantees whatsoever from the other side that they'll recognize the Jewish state, that they'll end the conflict." "The fact that the Palestinians tore to shreds their commitments under the Oslo Accords and went to the UN unilaterally is somehow dismissed....The Palestinians want a Palestinian state without peace. Many of these European governments voted for this thinking it may advance peace but in fact this pushes peace backwards because it tells the Palestinians you can get international recognition and international legitimacy without making the necessary compromises for peace."