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Why can we talk to Hamas about Shalit, but not peace?
”Why is it permissible to talk to Hamas about the fate of one captive soldier and another several hundred prisoners, but forbidden to talk to them about the fate of two nations?
“When Israel recognized its mistakes, for which 1.5 million residents of Gaza are still paying with their bodies and souls, Israel turned to the only just and effective means: diplomatic negotiations.
Yes, we are conducting what we are denying to ourselves: negotiations with Hamas - and the sky hasn't fallen. Whether direct or indirect, there are talks; whether or not we recognize Hamas, there are negotiations. For us, as usual, the method that should come first waits for last. Only after we try all the rest - killing and destruction, war and starvation - do we turn to the direct route: negotiations. That's how it was with Egypt, and that's how it was with the Palestine Liberation Organization.”
“There is no need to ask for recognition as negotiating partners - we have already recognized Hamas and it has recognized us. Israel must remove the criminal siege against Gaza and call on the international community to remove the boycott against Hamas, which was imposed under Israel's leadership. Enough of international diplomats and statesmen afraid to speak to the organization's representatives for fear that Israel will take action against them. We forbid the French foreign minister and all the world's statesmen from speaking to Hamas, and yet we yearn for the services of the German mediator, who talks to the group. Why?”
Tänk om det fanns fler lika pragmatiska och klarsynta israeler som Gideon Levy – tänk vad mycket lidande och människoliv det sparat.
Why can we talk to Hamas about Shalit, but not peace?
”Why is it permissible to talk to Hamas about the fate of one captive soldier and another several hundred prisoners, but forbidden to talk to them about the fate of two nations?
Never has Israeli logic been so distorted.
“When Israel recognized its mistakes, for which 1.5 million residents of Gaza are still paying with their bodies and souls, Israel turned to the only just and effective means: diplomatic negotiations.
Yes, we are conducting what we are denying to ourselves: negotiations with Hamas - and the sky hasn't fallen. Whether direct or indirect, there are talks; whether or not we recognize Hamas, there are negotiations. For us, as usual, the method that should come first waits for last. Only after we try all the rest - killing and destruction, war and starvation - do we turn to the direct route: negotiations. That's how it was with Egypt, and that's how it was with the Palestine Liberation Organization.”
“There is no need to ask for recognition as negotiating partners - we have already recognized Hamas and it has recognized us. Israel must remove the criminal siege against Gaza and call on the international community to remove the boycott against Hamas, which was imposed under Israel's leadership. Enough of international diplomats and statesmen afraid to speak to the organization's representatives for fear that Israel will take action against them. We forbid the French foreign minister and all the world's statesmen from speaking to Hamas, and yet we yearn for the services of the German mediator, who talks to the group. Why?”
Tänk om det fanns fler lika pragmatiska och klarsynta israeler som Gideon Levy – tänk vad mycket lidande och människoliv det sparat.
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