Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni supports a two-state solution, and has criticized the government for wasting time in negotiating with the palestinians.
But in an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 a few days ago, she basically admitted that she could not trust the palestinians to refrain from murdering any Israeli “settlers” who would live in a newly-formed state.
MK Tzipi Livni: The idea that some [settlers] will remain by the grace of
the Palestinian state and Palestinian security appears to me to be very
problematic.Channel 2 reporter Udi Segal: If you think that the Palestinian state that
will be established will murder Israeli citizens who remain there — that we
are going to make a peace arrangement with these murderers? Either there
will be peace or there will be a band of murderers.Livni: I never sold peace in the sense of “new Middle East”[AL: a phrase
coined by Shimon Peres]. We live in a harsh neighborhood. The “new Middle
east” isn’t going to plop down on us tomorrow and were aren’t going to be
living in different surroundings.”
Wow.
