Following up on yesterday’s posting, The UK’s Guardian brings some Israeli perspectives:
“‘Withdrawing from Gaza offers real political opportunities for peace,’ said Yossi Beilin, a leftwing former cabinet minister and Israeli negotiator with the Palestinians. ‘This political horizon [peace] is something that is good for us and good for the Palestinians. Then the question is whether it’s going to take place. The answer is no, it will not take place as long as it’s up to Sharon. As long as he’s in power he will do his utmost to do nothing.”
“‘How do I know that? He told me that. He said to me: “You believe in peace, I don’t believe we can have peace. For sure not in the foreseeable future, so I will go very very slowly”.’”
