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Israeli
Writer to Israel: Withdraw from Palestinian Land, Dismantle
Settlements
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Yehoshua:
“We need to get out of Palestinian lands for the terror to
stop.”
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CAIRO,
June 19 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Renowned Israeli writer
Abraham B. Yehoshua said that the policies of the Jews is the reason
behind the misery and disasters befalling Israel.
Peace
and real security could only be reached if Israel withdraws from
Palestinian land, dismantles Jewish settlements and stops building new
ones.
In
a lecture at Tel Aviv University Tuesday, June 18, Yehoshua spoke
right after the resistance operation that took place in west
Jerusalem. “The actions of the Jews are the real reason behind the
Israeli misery from the age of the Nazis until the Palestinian
resistance fighters,” he said.
In
the analysis of a book titled In Times of War, Yehoshua spoke about
the confrontations between the Palestinians and Israelis since the
start of the second Intifada in October 2000. He attacked the new
Israeli plan to build the separation wall, saying “it will only
increase the animosity of the Palestinians towards the Israelis.”
Yehoshua
said that the state of the Palestinians now is similar to that of the
Germans during Hitler’s era and said that it was stupid. “After we
lost six million victims in our war against Christians, we are still
willing to lose five million in our war with Muslims. What a loss!”
he said.
The
site of the Israeli army radio said that the audience laughed at
Yehoshua’s comments, but were abruptly stopped by him saying: “I
don’t think it’s suitable to laugh now. When we feel safe, we
could do that.”
Speaking
about the resistance operation which was carried out in the West Bank,
Yehoshua said: “When a Palestinian sets out to carry out an
operation like this, he tells himself: ‘If my blood is destined to
mix with the blood of hundreds of my people in a camp that is no
larger than 500 meter squares, then let it better mix with the blood
of my enemies.’”
Yehoshua’s
comments triggered strong reactions in Israel. The Israeli radio show
‘Good Morning Israel’ hosted Yehoshua and tried to dissuade him to
go back on his comments, but he said: “I’m not the reason behind
the catastrophe between the Jews and the Muslim Palestinians, nor the
one between the Jews and the German Christians. What I would like to
emphasize is that we need to go out of the Palestinian lands and
dismantle the settlements so that we can stop terrorism.”
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