He wasn’t saying that he doesn’t support a two-state solution. He was saying that it’s impossible. This was not a new, dramatic change of stance by the prime minister. It was a new, dramatic exposition of his long-held stance. Naming both US Secretary of State John Kerry and his security adviser Gen. John Allen — who was charged by the secretary to draw up security proposals that the US argued could enable Israel to withdraw from most of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley — Netanyahu hammered home the point: Never mind what the naive outsiders recommend, “I told John Kerry and General Allen, the Americans’ expert, ‘We live here, I live here, I know what we need to ensure the security of Israel’s people.’” Read more: Netanyahu finally speaks his mind | The Times of Israel timesofisrael/netanyahu-finally-speaks-his-mind/#ixzz38c6T7XK5 Follow us: @timesofisrael on Twitter | timesofisrael on Facebook
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 21:47:33 +0000
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