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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=14573
Netanyahu on Peace Process: "You Cannot Base Policy on Illusions"
(Israel Hayom) Shlomo Cesana - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the peace process on Monday, saying, "The Americans presented their stances and I am trying to bring reality into the plan....In our entire region, from Morocco in the west to Pakistan in the east, there is no country that is not undergoing turbulence, other than Israel, and that teaches us that you cannot base policy on illusions. Every policy based on illusions eventually bursts [when it meets] reality." "I will not support a binational state. A settlement freeze during negotiations is not on the agenda. The talks are not about dismantling settlements and I have no intention of evacuating any settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank)." "I do not intend to give up any settlement blocs or symbols of [our heritage], for example, Hebron." He added that Israel is seeking to extend negotiations by a year.