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Weekly Commentary: Will Netanyahu return to straightforward talk on 
Palestinian sovereignty?

Dr. Aaron Lerner                   Date: 11 June 2009

Hands down Binyamin Netanyahu made his most eloquent and straightforward 
speech to date back on May 12, 2002  when he explained to the Likud's 
Central Committee why Israel must oppose the creation of a sovereign 
Palestinian state.
Netanyahu warned that if a sovereign Palestinian state were established that 
it would be impossible to enforce security restrictions and limitations on 
it  and that once created, .the sovereign Palestinian state would continue 
to exist even though it defied the terms of the agreement under which it was 
established.
Since then most of Netanyahu's remarks about a Palestinian state have 
focused on noting that a necessary condition for any final status 
arrangement with the Palestinians is that various security restrictions and 
limitations are in place.
Those who know the history of the debate understand that this is code for 
"no sovereign Palestinian state" because there is no way to truly guaranty 
that those restrictions and limitations will indeed be in place.

But many observers fails to connect the dots.
And that's a pity.
This Sunday Binyamin Netanyahu could very well be making the policy address 
of his career.

It remains to be seen if he will opt for a return to the clarity of  May 12, 
2002.

One certainly hopes so.
Because while the diplomatic thing may be to rely on dot connecting to make 
the point, one can hardly expect this approach to successfully explain and 
defend policy  in a world with a five second attention span

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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