With months of campaigning seeing him falling behind the left-center Zionist Union list, which has accused him of trying to sabotage a two-state solution, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now vowing that, if reelected, he will sabotage a two-state solution.
Netanyahu confirmed that there would be no Palestinian statehood if he gets reelected, saying any independent Palestine would amount to giving territory away to “radical Islamists.” He then accused the Zionist Union of plotting to do the bidding of the international community with respect to the occupied territories.
Ironically, the comments come just a week after Netanyahu’s office denied that he was opposed to a two-state solution, which itself was the result of a statement published by his own Likud Party which was very similar to today’s comments, and which Likud distributed among synagogues nationwide in the election push.
The latest comments come from an interview with NRG, a news website owned by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who has largely bankrolled Netanyahu’s reelection campaign.
Adelson has long insisted that there is no such thing as Palestinians, and that the Arabs made the whole thing up to attack Israel. He similarly bankrolled the failed 2012 US campaign of Newt Gingrich, who made similar claims.
According to the NYT Netanyahu said "…as long as he is a leader…" which makes more sense – at least to him. He could be reelected but without enough votes for his party to form a government and then elect him a leader. Or his party could get the votes but choose someone else as PM. He wants to be top dog, not just a backbencher.
The Israelis have always touted their high IQ scores. Putting Bibi in the Knesset where he they can keep an eye on him but out of power would be really, really smart. Go for it, voters.
I fail to see why one would have to keep an eye on bibi after he loses the election. He will join some lobby firm collection billions and live the good life in a gate community with Sheldon the casino operative as a special neighbor.
I'm asking voters in the coming election return him to parliament but either (a) without electing enough of his party to allow them to be part of the next government or (b) that his party, if it is to be part of the next government, doesn't elect him as Israel's next PM. He can then demonstrate if he is more interested in serving his country or, as you suggest, himself. My guess is that you have nailed it.
In other words, all his talk of wanting a "peace process" and a "two state solution" were all lies.
No such thing as Palestinians? All made up? Who were those people that Melchisedek, King and priest of the Lord God Most High, ruled over? They existed on that land before Abraham even came onto the scene in Salem, now known as Jerusalem. The Old Testament tells us about the people that the Israelites conquered. Or is that a myth?
The Bible is composed of myths. I read Humphrey's book, "Jesus Never Existed" and it is researched with a thourghness that is on a par with any other academic work. You can hear Humphrey on
YouTube.
This (not really unexpected) turnaround fills the Israelite modus operandi to a T. First comforting lies while they are working behind your back; when they pull the rug from beneath your feet, you are expected to smile and just take it. The US has long worked for a two-state solution which Netanyahu has just publically dumped. In plain words, this unreliable and shifty so-called politician has just crapped all over the US. Kerry is probably in a toilet cleaning all that is splashing on him. Though he has little of my sympathy, no one should be cast aside as the Israelite just did with him, not after going along with him for so long. If such a situation is taken lying down, you can just flush the little respect and credibility you still enjoy in the World´s eyes down the toilet. And expect to be involved for ever taking Israelite chestnuts out of the fire and shedding your children´s blood for them. Is he going to attack Gaza again? Its what the Israelites do when they feel down and need a morale boost
"The US has long worked for a two-state solution" if you believe it then I have a real good deal for you to buy a ocean front property located centrally in Mojave Desert
Inasmuch as international diplomacy is a game of chess the correct next move for our government is to accept Iran's minimal conditions for a nuclear agreement, sign it, and see Natanyahu and his supporters in our Congress explode in anger because they know that such a move is tantamount to their political check mate. Why? Because the Security Council of the UN will approve the deal and lift its own sanctions against Iran to be followed by at least Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China. That is essentially the end of sanctions against Iran. War against Iran the next move of an Israeli government? No, they are check mated. This time Great Britain and France will not join them but will remember President Eisenhower. No field for Israel to move to. Unfortunately our weak President will never make that move because he is no Eisenhower nor a Teddy Roosevelt. He probably does not play chess or if he does he is a very poor player.
Iran gets a nuclear arsenal? Like India and Pakistan it will immediately discover that it can use it only as a very, very last defensive resort. The leaders of Iran almost certainly know that already.
If there is to be no two-state solution on Netanyahu's watch, let us see his plan for a one-state solution- one that provides equal protection under the law for Jew and Arab alike, with full citizenship and equal rights for all.
One vote for all and none for residents of manhattan who claim to live in Israel to double dip the benefits. I would love to see how they call it a democracy when the land never to be returned become part of Israel and the arabs can vote.
This is news?
We raped and killed we stole your land
We rule with guns and knives add whiskey to your waters
While we stole away your wives
Said Running Elk what's done is done you white men rule this land
So lay the cards face up and play your last broken hearted hand
Peter Rowan, Land of The Navajo
The same now happens in Jerusalem minus the whiskey of course. It is amazing that it was the muslims who saved the jews after the christians victimized them so badly during the religions invasion of the middle ages.
Another old saying- I regret I do not know to whom it is attributed:
When the white man came, we had the land and they had the bibles.
Now we have the bibles and they have the land.
Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa tribe, back in the 1760s. It has been repeated many times over the years by speakers since it is really applicable to so many countries and peoples.
How many millions dollars have the US Provided to Israel who stated they supported the road map to peace which called for a Palestinian state. I wonder who was the prime minister of Israel that accepted all those millions of dollars. I am glad Bibi made it official that Israel cannot be trusted.
Another reason this jerk has got to go.
John
“The Bible is composed of myths. I read Humphrey’s book, ‘Jesus Never Existed’ and it is researched with a through-ness that is on a par with any other academic work.”
Did your Humphrey spend 15 years of his life translating the inspired ancient Greek scrolls that comprise the Bible? Did he publish the first and only Complete Dictionary of the Ancient Greek Language?
Well then, may I challenge you to reflect on this: If the purpose of this world is to give liars an opportunity to reach the ultimate conclusion of their deceit and darkness, would it not be logical for the Catholic church in the Dark Ages to corrupt Scripture and make the word of God so full of contradictions that people who love the darkness would believe exactly as you do?
For people who love the truth ignore the contradictions and store up the wisdom that can only be found in the inspired manuscripts that comprise the word of God.
For there are 32 contradiction in Scripture, such as the illusion that you need not be a pacifist to become a Christian, as exemplified by all Bibles in Matthew 5:39 where it reads, “Do not resist and evil person. Comes now my true and correct translation to read,
“Jesus said… It is written by Moses, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But a New Command I now give you: Do not use force to overcome evil. If they strike you on the right cheek turn to them the other.” Matthew 5:37
The old adage of "actions speak louder than words" applies here in spades. Despite all the rhetoric over the years about a 2-state solution, the actions of the Israelis have foretold the opposite. The Israelis have stolen land and destroyed farms and built fences all with the intention of disenfranchising the Palestinians – to make them suffer – knowing that the more they did to the Palestinians, the more the Palestinians would hate them and strike back at the occupiers.
For me, the real tragedy here is that all this dehumanizing treatment has basically been sponsored by the US – not only the government but also many of the American people. For me, the American people deserve as much animus as the Israelis. We Americans should be ashamed to have allowed this to happen…to anyone.
In all accepects of humanity this man, after ISIS, will be placed as the most reliable friend to saudis barbarians dressing himself differently.