Observation: Netanyahu Restores Cave of the Patriarchs to Israeli Requirements

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Observation: Netanyahu Restores Cave of the Patriarchs to Israeli Requirements

Observation: Netanyahu Restores Cave of the Patriarchs to Israeli Requirements Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 24 May 2011 Almost two years ago, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu described Israel’s geographic needs outside of Jerusalem exclusively on a military basis: “Regarding the remaining important issues that will be discussed as part of a final peace settlement, my positions are known: Israel needs defensible borders, and Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, must remain undivided with continued religious freedom for all faiths.” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Begin-Sadat Center at Bar-Ilan University 14 June 2009 Today Mr. Netanyahu restored national considerations not related to security to Israel’s geographic needs: “Under any realistic peace agreement, these areas [neighborhoods and suburbs of Jerusalem and Greater Tel Aviv]., as well as other places of critical strategic and national importance, will be incorporated into the final borders of Israel.” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress 25 May 2011 A prime example of a place of “national importance” is the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis) (Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava) Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730 INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il Website: http://www.imra.org.il