Netanyahu's ongoing acquisition of lands by force

[bemildred]

And now for the million-shekel question on the game show, "1 vs. 100:" Which of the three leaders said, "Most of the UN member-states originate from conflicts, but I don't believe in acquiring lands by force"? Was it Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin or Benjamin Netanyahu?

The statement was made 20 years ago at a relaxed press conference given by then Deputy Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Arab correspondents during the international peace conference in Madrid. Since that day, tens of thousands of dunams of land belonging to Palestinian farmers have been "acquired by force" (a whitewashed variation of "stolen" ); thousands of olive trees have been destroyed; and dozens of mosques have been torched. In two terms as prime minister, Netanyahu helped - through actions and by overlooking - to establish and expand more than 100 outposts, and he is still going strong.

At that same event, documented by Channel One cameras, the rising young star (then 42) of Israeli politics, suggested "dropping empty slogans" in favor of focused negotiations. Following the conference, the five rounds of bilateral talks in Washington - between the government of Yitzhak Shamir and Syria and Lebanon, and also the Jordanian-Palestinian delegation (separately ) - focused on slogans. The Israeli delegations rejected any effort to discuss borders and proposed that Palestinians settle for limited autonomy.

The main difference between the 1991 version of "the peace process" and the 2011 version is that then, Bibi only handled the right's public relations. Today, he is also responsible for the right's policy. Then, Shamir wore out the Palestinians in negotiations over the composition of their delegation. Today, Netanyahu is wearing them out in negotiations over the basic guidelines of the negotiations (the 1967 borders and territorial swaps).

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/netanyahu-s-ongoing-acquisition-of-lands-by-force-1.393069

[madrchsod]

1. the never ending tribal war in the land of Canaan....

[dtexdem]

2. No, the more-recent European-based invasion of a long-oppressed land.

The ongoing land and resource theft of the Land of Palestine.

[azurnoir]

3. Interesting article indeed thanks n/t