Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, visited the US this last week. He spoke to the nation along side of President Obama, spoke to the US Congress and spoke on several news talk shows.
In this interview with Shawn Hannity on Fox News, Netanyahu made several compelling observations (paraphrased):
1) There are 300 million Muslims in the Middle East region. Only 1 million of them live in complete freedom where they are free to worship as they wish, free to protest, free to congregate or to travel at will. They have total freedom of speech, equality with all other citizens, equal voting rights and total religious freedom. They live in Israel.
2) The world is asking Israel to acknowlege Palestine as a separate and sovereign nation with the unequivable right to exist. Israel is being asked to negotiate with Palestine, all the issues (borders, trade, etc.) to establish Palestine's soverenty.
Israel has asked Palestine to acknowlege Israel as a separate and sovereign nation with the unequivable right to exist. Palestine is NOT willing to make that concession.
Netanyhu rightfully points out to the world (and to President Obama in particular), that, "...you can not negotiate with anyone who seeks to destroy you. Until Palestine is willing to accept Israel as a sovereign country, there is no basis for an agreement with Palestine."
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