Israel Matzav

A Palestinian state does not guarantee Israeli security. It is a recipe for Israel’s destruction.

Knesset members from Israel's Right blasted President Hussein Obama's Tuesday United Nations speech, in which he called on Israel to make concessions to 'Palestinian' terrorists and claimed that a 'Palestinian state' would guarantee Israel's security.

“That is one of the worst statements by an American president in history,” said Transportation Minister Israel Katz, who heads the Likud’s governing secretariat. “Israel’s existence does not depend on anything, especially not the Palestinians. The US helps Israel, but we have always known to defend ourselves with our own force. We desire peace, but we will not take unnecessary risks and we will not accept any solution that endangers our existence.”

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon called upon Netanyahu to resist pressure from Obama on the Palestinian issue, which he said he expects will only increase with time.

He also criticized Obama’s outreach to Iran in the speech.

“At a time when steely resolve is needed in dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue, we are instead hearing of premature concessions,” Danon said. “If this is the new policy of the US administration, then our government must remain vigilant and ready for the possibility of huge American pressure in the current talks with the Palestinians.”

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Likud MK Moshe Feiglin blamed what he did not like in Obama’s speech on Netanyahu and his predecessors for accepting the creation of a Palestinian state. He said that when Israel recognized a Palestinian people and its rights, it began a process in which the right for there to be a Jewish state was delegitimized.

“The truth is the land is either ours or theirs, so if we recognize another nation’s right to our land, we lost our rights,” Feiglin said. “Obama is misleading Israeli citizens. A Palestinian state does not guarantee Israeli security. It is a recipe for Israel’s destruction.”

Obama is determined to bring about the extirpation of the Jewish state, God forbid. He must be opposed at every conceivable juncture - including on matters that are not directly connected to Israel - and politically destroyed.

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Danny Danon, Iranian nuclear threat, Moshe Feiglin, Obama's obsession with engaging Iran, Obama's obsession with Israel, Palestinian state, Yisrael Katz

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:15 AM