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Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu (photo: Flash90)
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| By Israel Insider staff September 5, 2007 |
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Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu slammed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday for the concessions he has been proposing to the Palestinians, echoing criticism within Olmert's own party, Kadima, according to Israel National News.
Netanyahu stressed that "there is simply no Palestinian partner" with whom to negotiate, reiterating a point that many Mideast experts have confirmed. A recent report released stated that Hamas is just as strong as Fatah in the West Bank, only more driven.
"This government just gives and gives and receives nothing - and this will place us in dangers much greater than we have known before, as we see in Sderot; the risks in the Galilee continue as well," Netanyahu said. "Our country will end up endangered by rockets from three directions..."
"One diplomatic mistake made by government leaders, 1,000 generals cannot fix," Netanyahu said. "Two of our leading politicians [Defense Minister Ehud Barak and PM Olmert] have made terrible mistakes. Barak's hasty retreat from Lebanon brought Katyushas to the Galilee and Olmert's major role in the Disengagement from Gaza brought Kassams to the Negev. We warned in the past about Iran's rockets, and about Hizbullah, and about Hamas, and that Olmert is blind to the dangers, and that we must not let him be in charge of our country - and then just a few months later, our predictions came true when the war in Lebanon broke out."
The opposition leader continued to voice his objection to ceding territory in the West Bank to the Palestinians now, citing the region's instability.
"The reason why Judea and Samaria does not turn into Hamastan is because we are still there. We must also create conditions that will make it harder for extremist Muslims to recruit youths to their ranks. In addition, we must have joint economic projects with Jordan; as opposed to some people who say that peace will bring prosperity, we know that economic prosperity can create some conditions for peace."
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