Israel Matzav

Lieberman: 'No peace so long as Abu Mazen in power'

Israel's Foreign Minister said very bluntly on Monday that there will be no peace so long as 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen is in power.

Liberman, speaking in the Knesset at a meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu faction, said it was clear that the incident Sunday in the southern Hebron Hills where two Palestinians were killed after an Israeli truck driver from Ashdod said they ambushed him and tried to steal his truck was a terrorist incident. Israelis must stop “deluding" themselves and labeling terrorist incidents as criminal acts, he said.

“What happened yesterday was the prevention of another Gilad Schalit incident," Liberman declared.

Liberman condemned Abbas for saying that what happened in the south Hebron Hills was the cold blooded murder of Palestinians by messianic settlers under the cover of the Israeli occupation army.

“That says a lot about his intentions,” Liberman said. “Those who need to understand why there is no progress in the diplomatic process need to understand that Abu Mazen [Abbas] is the main obstacle to any progress. He has no interest in coming to any agreement with Israel. Someone who did not reach an agreement with Olmert and Tzipi Livni in Annapolis should not expect to reach an agreement with Netanyahu and Liberman. Let us not lie to ourselves.”

Liberman said that no one should have any expectations that a diplomatic breakthrough is around the corner.

Indeed. So why is Shaul Mofaz on his way to Washington to meet with the Obama administration to restart the 'peace process'? What could go wrong?

Labels: Abu Mazen, Avigdor Lieberman, Palestinian incitement

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:15 PM