Ephraim Sneh-17/07/2007

Ephraim Sneh, (Haaretz)

"The most urgent and important mission for Israel at this time is preventing a Hamas takeover of the West Bank. It is possible to do this by weakening Hamas through visible diplomatic progress; helping the effective and successful functioning of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad's government; and the creation of conditions for the total failure of the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip."

"It was not the recognition of the historic justice of the Zionist movement that made moderates of the heads of Fatah, but rather the recognition that there is no chance for a modern Palestinian state that has a growing economy without close cooperation with Israel. People who gave all the years of their lives to the Palestinian national issue prefer an independent state alongside Israel to seeing their dream go up in the clouds of smoke of a third Islamic intifada. Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Fayad are therefore the only conceivable partners shaping a reality that is acceptable to us between the Jordan River and the sea."

"In the creation of the Palestinian entity in the West Bank, there is not only an Israeli interest, but also a regional interest. Iran has already gained control of southern Iraq, and it is on its way to a violent takeover of Lebanon.

The countries of the region that do not want to be next in line to be swallowed up by the new Persian empire must seriously help in the effort to stop Hamas."

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