Minister Dan Meridor Provides Israeli View Of Current Intifada

The Israeli minister espoused his government's oft-repeated mantra that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat should have accepted the "offer" the Israelis made to him at Camp David in July 2000. In keeping with tradition, [Dan Meridor] ignored the fact that the land "off...

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Published in:The Washington report on Middle East affairs 2002-03, Vol.21 (2), p.65
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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International
International relations
War
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Summary:The Israeli minister espoused his government's oft-repeated mantra that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat should have accepted the "offer" the Israelis made to him at Camp David in July 2000. In keeping with tradition, [Dan Meridor] ignored the fact that the land "offered" to the Palestinians consisted of non-contiguous areas surrounded by illegal Jewish settlements, Jewish-only by-pass roads, and Israeli military checkpoints. The "offer" also left Israel in control of Palestinian water and air space. He dismissed the Palestinian right of return as being unfeasible in that it would interfere with Israel remaining a "Jewish state." Meridor supported a two-state scenario in order to retain Israel's Jewish majority and called Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's acceptance of the idea of a Palestinian state "revolutionary."
ISSN:8755-4917
2163-2782