ISRAEL’S BARAK….URGES NETANYAHU TO FORM A “DARING” INITIATIVE….SEE NOTE
Barak urges PM to form ‘daring’ peace initiative
THIS MAN IS MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND WAS A GENERAL? HE IS MINISTER OF LETHAL APPEASEMENT AND GENERALLY AN IDIOT…..RSK
In interview with LA Times, defense minister warns that without peace plan Israel could face increased isolation, mass protests. ‘Israel lacks sense of direction,’ he says
Defense Minister Ehud Barak is urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make to a “daring” peace initiative as the latter prepares for his Washington visit.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Barak warned that maintaining the status quo could isolate Israel further and cause mass popular protests.
Barak said that Netanyahu made “clear movement” in outlining his peace vision by stressing Israel’s insistence on maintaining settlement blocks as well as a military presence along the Jordan Valley, but that Israel still lacks “a sense of direction.”
The defense minister believes that a peace deal is closer today than it was during the Camp David talks in 2000, the LA Times said. He also warned that US military aid could be at risk if no deal is reached.
Asked whether Israel can work with Hamas, Barak replied: “People here say, ‘Oh, that’s a catastrophe.’ I say that doesn’t make sense… We should say loud and clear, if and when they (the Palestinians) form a technocratic government, we expect the government, Fatah and mainly Hamas, to be ready to explicitly accept … recognition of Israel, acceptance of all previous agreements and denouncing terror.”
Referring to claims he is Netanyahu’s fig leaf, Barak said: “I’m confident that without me, you would have never seen the Bar-Ilan speech. You never would have seen a freeze on building settlements for 10 months. You would probably have found Israel less restrained and disciplined in some sensitive moments regarding the use of force.”
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