Interesting interview: Shavit interviews Ami Ayalon
I have linked an interesting interview from Haaretz's Friday magazine with Ami Ayalon.
Ami Ayalon is currently running on the Labour party ticket in the Israeli elections. Prior to that he was head of the Shin Beit in the mid - late '90's and more recently collaborated with the Palestinian intellectual Sari Nusseibeih developing a grass roots movement "the people's voice" to try and develop dialogue with Palestinians.
He is a wise person and his views should be listened to very carefully indeed. Below is a brief excerpt to his interview setting out what Israel should do in the territories:
AA. "I cannot be blind to the reality. And therefore I say that we must come and tell the truth to these settlers. We must accelerate the construction of the fence, in accordance with the High Court?s directives, and we must tell the settlers that the State of Israel will not be on the eastern side of the separation fence. We must apply the Evacuation Compensation Law immediately to all the settlers to the east of the fence."
AS: You're essentially talking about the evacuation of about 100,000 people from their homes within a few years.
AA:"I'm not talking about 100,000. It's more like 50,000 or 60,000. And I say that by the end of the decade, within about five years, we will evacuate them. By the end of the decade, we'll create a reality of two states." Link
Ami Ayalon is currently running on the Labour party ticket in the Israeli elections. Prior to that he was head of the Shin Beit in the mid - late '90's and more recently collaborated with the Palestinian intellectual Sari Nusseibeih developing a grass roots movement "the people's voice" to try and develop dialogue with Palestinians.
He is a wise person and his views should be listened to very carefully indeed. Below is a brief excerpt to his interview setting out what Israel should do in the territories:
AA. "I cannot be blind to the reality. And therefore I say that we must come and tell the truth to these settlers. We must accelerate the construction of the fence, in accordance with the High Court?s directives, and we must tell the settlers that the State of Israel will not be on the eastern side of the separation fence. We must apply the Evacuation Compensation Law immediately to all the settlers to the east of the fence."
AS: You're essentially talking about the evacuation of about 100,000 people from their homes within a few years.
AA:"I'm not talking about 100,000. It's more like 50,000 or 60,000. And I say that by the end of the decade, within about five years, we will evacuate them. By the end of the decade, we'll create a reality of two states." Link
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