Declaring that “The real war today is between the sane and the insane,” Israel’s Finance Minister and a Security Cabinet member, Yair Lapid, charged Monday that “Radical Islam is out of control.” In an address at the 14th Annual World Summit on Counter-Terrorism, held under the auspices of the Interdisciplinary Center – Herzliya, Lapid assessed that the current regional security situation “is as dangerous for [Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas] and for the moderate Arab states as it is for us.” Lapid said it was to Israel’s benefit to come to an equitable solution with the Palestinian populations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. “Hamas is isolated, President Sisi of Egypt has interests which are similar to ours, the moderate Arab states are scared of the rise of extremist Islam and ISIS has awoken the United States and Europe,” Lapid said, emphasizing that “This is a moment of opportunity and we should take advantage of it to separate from the Palestinians and establish relations with the Arab world.”
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:11:58 +0000
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