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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• February 10, 2015 at 5:00 am
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Palestinians say they have been encouraged by Livni's readiness to make
"far-reaching concessions" for the sake of peace. They point to
a recent interview Livni gave The Jerusalem Post in which she did
not rule out the possibility of dividing Jerusalem.
While
Hamas continues to seek the destruction of Israel through violence and
terrorism, the Palestinian Authority is working hard to isolate and
delegitimize Israel through diplomatic means. Neither Herzog nor Livni
will able to stop the Palestinians from filing "war crimes"
charges against Israel with the International Criminal Court.
Herzog
and Livni can promise -- as much as they want -- Israeli voters that they
will "revive" the peace process with the Palestinians. But what
the voters need to realize is that the Palestinian Authority has already
made a strategic decision to try to impose a solution on Israel through
the international community, not negotiations.
The
next Israeli government will face two Palestinian camps: one that is
demanding 100% of what Israel took in 1948, and a second that is asking
for almost 100% of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.
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The slogan of the Zionist Camp party coalition, led
by Isaac Herzog (left) and Tzipi Livni, is "It's us or him
[Netanyahu]". Khaled Abu Toameh writes that Palestinians seem to
have joined the "Just Not Bibi" or "Anyone But Bibi"
campaign being waged by Herzog and Livni. (Image source: Zionist Camp)
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So far, the Palestinians have shown little interest, if any at all,
in the upcoming Israeli elections, slated for March 17.
But if there is one thing most Palestinians would like to see, it is
the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and right-wing parties
from power.
The Palestinians, in many ways, seem to have joined the "Just
Not Bibi" (Netanyahu's nickname), or "Anyone But Bibi,"
campaign launched by the heads of his rival Zionist Camp, Isaac Herzog and
Tzipi Livni.
In private, some Palestinian Authority [PA] officials in Ramallah
expressed their hope this week that Netanyahu will be defeated in the
election.
Although the PA's official policy is not to meddle in the internal
affairs of Israel, these officials also voiced hope that Herzog and Livni
will form the next government.
by Burak Bekdil
• February 10, 2015 at 4:00 am
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Tens of thousands of Kurdish supporters of the
radical Kurdish Hizbullah rally in Diyarbakir, on January 24, 2015.
(Image source: Showhaber video screenshot)
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When, in a recent speech, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
pledged to defend all faiths, "even Buddhism," a Buddhist
friend sent a message saying that: "I understand we were wrong to
feel safe from the wrath of Turkish Islamists' Sunni supremacy. Judging
from how they wanted to crush every other faith, including different
disciples of Islam, while faking to respect them I now worry about the
Buddhist faith."
Echoing the Buddhist friend's fear and commenting on Davutoglu's
most recent remarks on the making of a new Middle East, an EU ambassador
told this author in a telephone conversation: "I think we should be
worried again."
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