Posted on 07/05/2011 3:03:13 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
For perhaps the first time, a minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government has admitted that the Prime Minister plans to give away most of Judea and Samaria to an incipient Arab state, with Israel retaining only the settlement blocs. During a tour of Gush Etzion, Michael Eitan, whose title is Minister for Improvement of Government Services, said that enacting the Prime Minister's policies will lead to the annexation of the settlement blocs, including Gush Etzion, with the intent of giving up other parts of Judea and Samaria for the benefit of a Palestinian state.
Gush Etzion Council head Shaul Goldstein, who accompanied Eitan during the tour, said that he appreciated the minister's vote of confidence in the future of the Gush, even if he disagreed with Eitan on surrendering other parts of Yesha.
In his comments, Eitan was referring to a speech by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to the Knesset in mid-May. In the wake of that speech, several right-wing MKs expressed concern over the fact that Netanyahu stressed that Israel would keep the settlement blocs in any final-status settlement with the PA but that painful concessions would need to be made. This was taken by many as a sign that Netanyahu was prepared to give them away to the PA for establishment of an Arab state in Judea and Samaria.
After the speech, government Minister Benny Begin said in several interviews that he knew for certain that Netanyahu had not intended to imply an Israeli withdrawal from non-bloc areas of Yesha. A report on Arutz 7 said that following the speech, Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely approached Netanyahu...said, "The rule that you set implies the exception to the rule," ... retaining the settlement blocs means that the other towns are expendable. Netanyahu responded, "That is not the intention.
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The second part of the story will be when the Netanyahu gov’t circuitously announces that it has agreed to divide Jerusalem.
Thanks Eleutheria5.
Rope-a-dope against Obama.
I would have thought that the Israeli government have learned their lesson after the 2005 Gaza expulsion of Jews...
1. Is Maale Adumim part of some "bloc"?ML/NJ2. When I drive from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, will I still be able to head east? (Or will this road only be open to non-Jews?)
3. Or will I be restricted from Jerusalem altogether?
1. Yes.
2. I think if the road East is only for non-Jooos!, you’ll probably see my dead body lying in the middle. No way are they giving it back.
3. They must feel nostalgic for the context in which Yerushalaim Shel Zahav was first sung. No matter. See 2 above.
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Will it Bibi Netanyahu yimach shemo? or will Bibi end up listening to Hashem and be a hero to the Jewish people...
So as soon as Palis cut a reasonable deal and honor it, they’re golden?
Somewhere in heaven, Abba Eban is smiling.
Yup, and no matter how long we’ve been around, no matter how many wars we have to fight, no matter how much good we do for the region, we still have to defend our “right to exist”. Merely existing in the plane of reality is not enough. In fact, it’s a provocation.
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