Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Estremisti, moderati, sordi e distratti

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067553.html
ANALYSIS / Why isn't Netanyahu backing two-state solution? By Aluf Benn
Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to declare his 
support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For 
Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni, that is reason enough to go into the 
opposition or to attempt to impose a rotation arrangement on Netanyahu. This 
weekend U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated Washington's 
commitment to a two-state solution, effectively joining the foreign minister 
in portraying Netanyahu as an obstacle to a negotiated settlement. There are 
obvious political reasons for Netanyahu's refusal to demonstrate a more 
moderate stance: It would cost him his potential coalition with the 
right-wing National Union and Habayit Hayehudi, and force him into a 
rotation arrangement with Livni. But his opposition to a Palestinian state 
is also a matter of principle, one he has held for many years. Netanyahu 
says he doesn't want to rule over the Palestinians, and has no interest in 
Nablus, Tul Karm or Jenin; they should govern their own lives, as long as 
they don't threaten Israeli security, he says. Netanyahu seeks to deny the 
Palestinians four rights of any sovereign state: control of its airspace; 
control of its electromagnetic spectrum; the right to maintain an army and 
to sign military alliances; and, most importantly, control of the border 
crossings where arms and terrorists could pass. Netanyahu believes Israel 
must retain all of these. Netanyahu's model is based on the work of Stanford 
University political science professor Stephen Krasner, who was director of 
policy planning in the State Department under Condoleezza Rice. Krasner 
developed a "restricted sovereignty" model for problematic state structures. 
Netanyahu also has a tactical reason for objecting to a Palestinian state: 
He believes that this must come through negotiations, rather than being 
something conceded by Israel in advance. He considers the Annapolis process 
that outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Livni 
conducted with the Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas and Ahmed Qureia to 
be a joke. In his opinion, Israel must not offer a near-total withdrawal 
from the West Bank in advance, which he believes would achieve nothing and 
only encourage the Palestinians to demand more. Netanyahu believes Israel 
must insist on retaining 50 percent of the West Bank - the open areas in the 
Jordan Valley and the Judean Desert that are vital as a security zone. In 
light of statements the outgoing government has made to the Palestinians, 
Netanyahu's position is a joke meant to kill the negotiations before they 
even begin. In an interview with Lally Weymouth in yesterday's Washington 
Post, Netanyahu elegantly avoided the question about two states. Instead of 
merely saying "No," he presented a vague formulation: "The Palestinians 
should have the ability to govern their lives but not to threaten ours." 
Such a statement doesn't explicitly discount the creation of an independent 
Palestinian state, nor does it address the fine points of control and 
sovereignty. Netanyahu also undertook to continue the negotiations with the 
Palestinians, and said Hamas should be toppled by the residents of Gaza [and 
not by Israel]. Livni demanded Netanyahu explicitly support the 
establishment of a Palestinian state. The question is what Clinton will make 
of Netanyahu's opening gambit. Netanyahu's aides believe that as a seasoned 
politician, Clinton will find a way to work with him, not against him, but 
it will be interesting to see whether she will also try to effect a 
compromise between Netanyahu and Livni in a bid toward creating a more 
moderate Israeli government.

 support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
buaa buaaa, sono quei cattivi di Hamas che non riconoscono il diritto
all'esistenza di Israele...buaa buaaa
sionisti col culo al posto della faccia...