"Netanyahu tells EU he'll pursue peace talks" by Steve Weizman, Associated Press | December 12, 2008
JERUSALEM - Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu sought yesterday to reassure Europeans that he will continue peace talks with the Palestinians if he wins February's general election, despite a rightward tilt in his Likud Party.
He was speaking to Israel-based EU ambassadors in the wake of Likud primaries, which catapulted several ultra-hawks into the top 30 places on the party's slate of candidates for Feb. 10 elections. Netanyahu was the guest speaker at a lunch hosted by the European Union and arranged long before Monday's primaries.
I really fail to see the difference between the so-called "ultra-hawks" and the "moderate" Zionists? Both looking to crush the Palestinians!
Now, if you wanna talk B'Tselem or Neturei Karta!!
He used the occasion to try to quell concerns fueled by the outcome, which delivered significant advances for a wing of Likud seeking to halt peace talks, ban minority Arab citizens of Israel from the parliament, encourage non-Jews to leave the country, and pull Israel out of the United Nations.
That LAST ONE sounds pretty good to me, except they should be EXPELLED!!!
Following the primary results, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of the rival Kadima Party warned that a victory for a Likud slate peppered with die-hard opponents of concessions to the Palestinians could plunge Israel into international isolation.
It ALREADY IS!! Other than the institutions its Zionist supporters controls (media, banks) and the handful of western and other leaders it commands, the vast majority of this world has come to hate Iz-ray-HELL!
Netanyahu resisted peace efforts when he was prime minister from 1996-1999 but says he will carry on existing negotiations with the Palestinians if he is returned to power, as polls indicate, though with more emphasis on encouraging Palestinian economic growth rather than a speedy transition to a sovereign Palestinian state.
Well, you guys have had about 60 YEARS WORTH of CHANCES!!!! I suppose that is what the SIEGE of GAZA and DENIAL of AID BOATS is: economic development. Or the burning of olive groves and the bulldozing of homes!
"I told them that a Likud government under my leadership will continue the peace talks, stressing security and economic development," Netanyahu said in a brief statement after yesterday's lunch. "We intend to interlace them with economic development, rapid economic development for the Palestinians, and regional cooperation with Jordan and Egypt," he added.
Odious and offensive!
More about Bibi:
On the day of the 9-11 attacks, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked what the attacks would mean for US-Israeli relations. His quick reply was:
"It's very good…….Well, it's not good, but it will generate immediate sympathy (for Israel)."
"Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel"
"We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq," Ma'ariv quoted the former prime minister as saying. He reportedly added that these events "swung American public opinion in our favor."
And CUI BONO?
