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Tzipi Livni: give up half of Land of Israel
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| Last Edited | kal Feb 17, 2009 06:38pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Daily Telegraph |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Drawing clear water between her centrist Kadima party and the Right-wing Likud party of her rival for the premiership, Benjamin Netanyahu, she conceded that claims on the territory must be abandoned for progress to be made.
She told a convention of American Jewish leaders that "we need to give up half of the Land of Israel", using a term that refers to biblical borders that include today's Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.
She explained that such a withdrawal would be for the good of Israel, to maintain it as a Jewish state.
Miss Livni said that Israel must take the initiative and come forward with its own peace plan to head off international initiatives. "Any plan put on the table will not be in our interest," she said.
Mr Netanyahu opposes large-scale territorial concessions in peace talks with the Palestinians. He believes negotiations should concentrate instead on building up the Palestinian economy.
Efforts to secure a lasting ceasefire with Hamas took a step forward when a leader of Gaza's Islamist rulers said that they would consider opening negotiations over the fate of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Ehud Olmert, the acting Israeli prime minister, is to convene his security cabinet on Wednesday to consider swapping Palestinian prisoners for Cpl Shalit.
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