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(29,876 posts) Fri May 22, 2015, 01:32 AM May 2015

Israel's New Deputy Foreign Minister: 'This Land Is Ours. All Of It Is Ours' [View all]

Source: Guardian UK

Israel’s new deputy foreign minister on Thursday delivered a defiant message to the international community, saying that Israel owes no apologies for its policies in the Holy Land and citing religious texts to back her belief that it belongs to the Jewish people.

The speech by Tzipi Hotovely illustrated the influence of hardliners in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s new government, and the challenges he will face as he tries to persuade the world that he is serious about pursuing peace with the Palestinians.

Hotovely, 36, is among a generation of young hardliners in Netanyahu’s Likud party who support West Bank settlement construction and oppose ceding captured land to the Palestinians. Since Netanyahu has a slim one-seat majority in parliament, these lawmakers could complicate any attempt to revive peace talks.

With Netanyahu also serving as the acting foreign minister, Hotovely is currently the country’s top full-time diplomat.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/22/israels-new-deputy-foreign-minister-this-land-is-ours-all-of-it-is-ours

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Israel's New Deputy Foreign Minister: 'This Land Is Ours. All Of It Is Ours' [View all] Purveyor May 2015 OP

Enough said... bl968 May 2015 #1

Exactly. n/t jtuck004 May 2015 #3

Brilliantly illustrating... StandingInLeftField May 2015 #33

:) Fournier May 2015 #34

Least likable cover of an old Woody Guthrie standard . . . Journeyman May 2015 #2

Can't be true. ForgoTheConsequence May 2015 #4

Bush: God told me to invade Iraq oberliner May 2015 #11

Cool Depaysement May 2015 #14

Try again oberliner May 2015 #15

Try a little harder Depaysement May 2015 #16

Huh? oberliner May 2015 #17

And so Depaysement May 2015 #19

You have no idea what you are talking about oberliner May 2015 #21

It was still an offer for a swiss-cheese, non-viable state geek tragedy May 2015 #26

But it runs counter to "the goal of acquiring all of Palestine" oberliner May 2015 #31

they want control of the entire area, and they certainly want its water. geek tragedy May 2015 #37

No they don't oberliner May 2015 #40

The Israelis support the brand "Two-State Solution" but oppose anything resembling geek tragedy May 2015 #42

Could not disagree with you more here oberliner May 2015 #46

Most liberal country in the MidEast and $5 gets you coffee at Starbucks. geek tragedy May 2015 #49

Agreed, the "Two State Solution" is a charade Martin Eden May 2015 #54

A pitiful deflection Depaysement May 2015 #39

You made a false claim oberliner May 2015 #41

And Barak was thrown out of office by Israel's thoroughly racist electorate geek tragedy May 2015 #43

Like the US threw out Jimmy Carter and replaced him with Ronald Reagan oberliner May 2015 #45

Israel hasn't had a swing to the left in decades. geek tragedy May 2015 #50

Ok, almost all of Palestine Depaysement May 2015 #52

I don't think this will be a problem: okaawhatever May 2015 #5

Netanyahu wants Peace ... Martin Eden May 2015 #53

That can't end in genocide Fearless May 2015 #6

Well, Israel IS sabotaging palestinian access to irrigation-water. DetlefK May 2015 #10

israelites have been doing this for 3000 years. remember the walls of Jericho and the slaughter msongs May 2015 #7

Huh? LeftishBrit May 2015 #13

No, but they still claim that they were give authority to do so by God Himself. olegramps May 2015 #27

Not at all...this amazing film represents it perfectly. I've referred to Hagar and Ishmael re libdem4life May 2015 #28

She's got the look of someone who isn't used to being told they're wrong. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #9

+100000000 LeftishBrit May 2015 #12

Sarah Palin in Hebrey is pronounced "Ayelet Shaked." geek tragedy May 2015 #25

Yes, you're right LeftishBrit May 2015 #38

The true impediment to a two-state solution Deny and Shred May 2015 #18

So basically she wants to drive the Palestinians out into the sea?.... nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2015 #20

I'm sure they have other SwankyXomb May 2015 #51

The jury left your anti-semitic comment 3-4 Mosby May 2015 #56

I'm glad that's settled. You won't need any more aid then. n/t Bossy Monkey May 2015 #22

The Israeli defense minister has also FlatBaroque May 2015 #23

"Because fairy tales for herdsmen say so!" Tom Ripley May 2015 #24

Proof that establishment Israel does NOT want peace with the Palestinians. closeupready May 2015 #29

Nasty beliefs. Marrah_G May 2015 #30

diplomat ???? olddots May 2015 #32

Israeli governments come and go, but the goal is always the same. Fournier May 2015 #35

Thank you for letting us know about your mental disorder Minister Hotovely. tridim May 2015 #36

I'm going to write a new holy text that gives Key West to me FLPanhandle May 2015 #44

Well, seriously, if Scientology or Mormonism can be deemed "real" closeupready May 2015 #55

Once god starts talking to people all other rational thought goes out the window. iandhr May 2015 #47

I wonder what would happen if... Xolodno May 2015 #48

I may sound naive romanic May 2015 #57