Netanyahu: Palestinians should have sovereignty, but not at our expense
February 18, 2009 by SAF Desk
In his address before a delegation of visiting American Jewish leaders on Monday, Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that his offer to the Palestinians should he be appointed prime minister would be considerably less than a sovereign state.
Netanyahu told about 100 leaders from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations that while he would not want to govern the Palestinians, Israel must maintain control of all borders, airspace and electronic traffic.
“Regardless how the solution is achieved, the Palestinians should run their lives,” he said. “They should govern themselves, but they shouldn’t have certain powers that would threaten the state of Israel.”Â
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Netanyahu also ruled out unilateral territorial pullbacks, charging that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 has allowed the Islamic militant Hamas to take over the coastal territory.
Prior to Netanyahu’s speech, the American Jewish delegation heard an address from Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the leader of Kadima and Netanyahu’s rival to the premiership.
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