No conditions, no taboos - Let's just sit down and talk

FM Spokesman Yigal Palmor:

"Let's make one thing clear right at the outset: Israel does not oppose Palestinian statehood. Israel wants peaceful coexistence, side by side with a future Palestinian state. But peace can only be reached through direct talks.

There is simply no other way. A peace agreement, clearly, involves two parties who, well, agree between themselves on the terms for peace.

This goes without saying, but it goes much better if you say it. Because some people seem to have forgotten the obvious.

Israel's previous government had agreed to open discussions with the Arab League on the so-called "Arab Peace Initiative", only to be snubbed. It had submitted a full-fledged comprehensive peace plan to the Palestinians, only to be ignored.

The current Israeli government has agreed to make an important gesture to the Palestinians in order to resume negotiations, by imposing a 10 months moratorium on construction in settlements. The Palestinians refused to respond in kind, and never stopped complaining, first , that the gesture wasn't sufficient, and then that it wasn't prolonged.

My message to my Palestinian neighbors is this: you can't evade the inevitable. You will not achieve peace and statehood without Israel.

You can't pretend we do not exist, or that you can do without us. We have to talk. Negotiations will not be easy. We're in for some arduous, laborious, tortuous work. But there simply is no other way if you truly aim for peace. No conditions, no taboos -- let's just sit down and talk."

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[markaadamson]

I would love to think that the Palestines want peace, I truly would, but I am convinced Palestines want nothing less than "from the river to the sea" meaning the end of Israel. My only hope for peace will come when the annoited is announced by Elijah.

[Razolution]

Finally - someone `exposes his cards`. no bullshit, simply what needs to be done in order to live properly in this region.

[Itubeutubevrybdytube]

The Palestinians DO NOT WANT ISRAEL TO EXIST!!!!!!!....Let's stop the BS!!!!!!

[berenjervin]

The palestinians want an end to the state of israel, and genocide of the jews.

That message is implied by the quran, that message is openly stated by islamic religious leaders, and that message is openly declared by islamic political leaders.

Just because there are minorities with no power in palestine that disagree is no reason to assume "palestinians just want peace"

[Thunkful4]

"Malach YHWH came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you: & you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened to my voice: why have you done this? Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides"

[RebelsLiberator]

Sounds reasonable to me.Keep at it Israel.Theyll come to talk.

[subjuris54]

This is just propaganda. The current Israeli government has NEVER adopted as its policy a two state solution. Indeed, there are members of Mr. Netanyahu's own LIkud party who have stated openly that they are opposed to a Palestinian state. So it is disingenuous of the speaker to state that Israel is committed to Palestinian statehood. In addition, Israel's policy of continuing to build settlements in the West Bank is completely inconsistent with its claim that it supports a Palestinian state.

[raultalbot7]

@SunnySide247 ...

Didn't the PLO reject Resolution 242 on October 15th 1968?

[finitube]

No Palestinian leader would survive (literally) signing away the so-called right of return. It's time to bring this issue to the forefront. It has no basis whatsoever in international law.

[Rockguitarnow]

@Razolution Really the Palestinians have been pushed around by other Arabs, especially after being pushed out of Western Iraq decades ago. It is time the US opened up Western Iraq again to allow the Palestinians to return. Only those who want to at first, then mandatory transporting of them in a few months.

[Forkroute]

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