Actually the Huffpost article is merely quoting http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-finally-speaks-his-mind/ which is the article I posted when I made the statement about negotiating in good faith that got me labeled a terrorist sympathizer.
The opinions are those Times of Israel editor David Horovitz. I have tried to find a transcript of Netanyahu's press conference to see what he actually said, but it does not seem to be available. On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Michael Dinowitz <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > Can there be a country surrounded by other countries? Can there be a > country that is demilitarized? Is this an issue of security that has been > known and discussed for years and years? > The writer of the Huffington post is just that, a writer of a Huffington > post and it's his opinion that you can't have a state with Israel > controlling the Jordan Valley. He's not a statesman. He's not part of the > negotiations. He's literally a nobody putting his two cents in, which is > worth just that. > > Israel is negotiating with a single goal in mind - security. They're not > going to do anything that will endanger themselves and giving up the Jordan > Valley is a major danger. Abbas offered a 10 year 'lease' of the area and > if there was a way to tie it to security performance on the part of the > Palestinians then maybe we would be closer to a solution. But like the > writer of the article, I'm not a statesman and all I'm doing is second > guessing those that are. > > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> How do you create an autonomous, sovereign Palestinian state without giving >> up control? >> ᧠>> >> On 18 July 2014 15:04, Michael Dinowitz <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > Read it again. He did not come out and say that he opposed a Palestinian >> > state. That was a conjecture that was brought from him saying that israel >> > can't relinquish security contrtol of the Jordan Valley (territory west >> of >> > the River Jordan), his actual quote. This is nothing new and has been >> said >> > by every Israeli government. >> > >> > Basically, it's another fluff piece article putting words in his mouth >> and >> > trying to paint the security control of the Jordan Valley as something >> new. >> > As a word of advice, any time anyone quotes any official, double check >> what >> > was an actual quote and what was conjecture. Especially if the article is >> > on Huffington. >> > >> > >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371784 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
