Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: Was Binyamin Netanyahu correct when he warned in the past that if a
sovereign Palestinian state were established that it would be impossible to
enforce security restrictions and limitations on it?
Was right 59% Wrong 28% Other replies 13% (Maagar Mohot Survey telephone poll of a representative sample of 503 adult
Israel Jews on 10-11 June 2009.) "If we receive this guarantee regarding demilitirization and Israel's
security needs...then we will be ready in a future peace agreement to reach
a solution where a demilitarized Palestinian state exists alongside the
Jewish state."
So proclaimed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu this evening. Hands down Binyamin Netanyahu made his most eloquent and straightforward
speech to date back on May 12, 2002 when he explained to the Likud's
Central Committee why Israel must oppose the creation of a sovereign
Palestinian state. Netanyahu warned that if a sovereign Palestinian state were established that
it would be impossible to enforce security restrictions and limitations on
it and that once created, .the sovereign Palestinian state would continue
to exist even though it defied the terms of the agreement under which it was
established. If anything, developments since 2002 - including a series of failed
internationally backed security arrangements and numerous instances when the
harsh reality of security-related violations were essentially ignored
because recognizing them didn't serve the agenda of various countries - have
only served to vindicate Netanyahu's stand. So while the talking heads on TV may actually think that it is possible to
come up with a set of durable guarantees, Netanyahu knows damn well that
this is a sham. Netanyahu tonight said Palestinian "state". He didn't say "sovereign state." He didn't say "independent state." Granted, technically speaking he could back into claiming that what he meant
was an "autonomous state" - after reaching the logical conclusion that the
absolutely only possible "state" that could truly be guaranteed to be a
"demilitarized Palestinian state" would be a "demilitarized autonomous
Palestinian state" = demilitarized Palestinian autonomy. So did Netanyahu knowingly sacrificed his intellectual honesty tonight or
did he engage in verbal gymnastics? PM Netanyahu's 14.6.09 Speech at the Begin-Sadat Center at Bar-Ilan
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