Tzipi Livni says no place for Arabs in Israel after a Palestinian state is established

Thursday December 11, 2008 23:37 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

The Middle East Online reported on Thursday that Israeli Foreign Minister, president-elect of the Kadima party, Tzipi Livni, stated on Thursday that Arabs in Israel will not have any place in the Jewish state after a Palestinian state in established.

The statements of Livni were considered an exposed project for massive transfer of all Palestinians from their homeland.  

In a meeting with high school students at a Tel Aviv school, Livni said that “after a Palestinian state in established, we can tell the Arabs ‘you have equal rights with the Jews in Israel, but the national solution for you is in a different place’, the principle here is two states for two peoples”.

The Israeli Army Radio repeated the statements of Livni in its broadcast.

Also, Livni said that today marks 900 days since Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, was captured by resistance fighters in Gaza. “We all want him back, but this is not always possible”, she added.

(Of course, she failed to mention that there are about 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons, most of whom were civilians kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces from their homes.).

Commenting on the situation in Gaza, Livni said that Israel can end the truce any time it desires, and added that resistance fighters resumed the firing of homemade shells into southern Israel.

“Our goal for the long run is to remove Hamas from power in Gaza”, she added, “This will not happen tomorrow morning, but we will never accept an Islamist state that denies our existence”.

(She failed to mention that the Israelis deny the Palestinian inalienable rights expressed in UN resolutions 181, 194).

Livni also slammed that Arab Peace Initiative and added, “I do not need new peace initiatives, neither Arab nor French, I will present our own initiative”.

Commenting on her position in the upcoming general elections in Israel, Livni said that she believes she has better chances than “the candidates who came to the scene through a military background”.

“we got used to having a prime minister who is captivated by the army, during the second Lebanon war, military leaders thought they should act alone”, Livni said, “I am not in this position, I can ask questions, and when the army enters a war, I think about how to get us out of it”.