[With video link] Ironic interview: former PM Olmert explains his peace proposal

Dr. Aaron Lerner
IMRA
05 February '11

[For video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH2Hr1H7OOc ]

When former PM Olmert interviewed the idea of basing the “solution” for Jerusalem on the assumption that Israel could count on the current regimes ruling Jordan and Saudi Arabia continuing forever may not have sounded so silly.

Now it sounds silly to most Israelis, so Channel 2 Correspondent Udi Segal was kind enough to former PM Olmert to explain that the interview took place before the disturbances in Egypt.



Former PM Ehud Olmert interviewed by Channel 2 Correspondent Udi Segal Broadcast 5 February 2011
[IMRA translation of excerpts]

Interview took place before the disturbances in Egypt.

Olmert: With regard to the Holy Basin I showed him[Mahmoud Abbas] the area of the Holy Basin on the map. I told him that this is in the trust of 5 nations – 3 of them Moslem: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Palestinian state that would be established, the U.S. that also represents the Christian world, and of course Israel.
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Segal: Tell me. But this map isn’t dangerous? It isn’t very dangerous?

Olmert: We know how to protect ourselves. I believe we can better defend ourselves when we are in territories that the entire world recognizes as our territories if we are attacked within out territories.

Segal: It seems to me that the main concern in Israel is that we make a deal with Abu Mazen and then a year or two later Hamas comes and takes over the state..

Olmert: We left Gaza. Hamas came. We went in Gaza. We hit them as needed and we left Gaza.

Segal: Hamas remained

Olmert: That’s because of various reasons this is not the place to go into them We didn’t complete this mission

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