From: Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:20 AM Subject: NEW DEFINITION OF PEACE: Netanyahu vows to pursue peace, build more settlements
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/gaza-war-crimes-investigation Gaza war crimes investigation Civilians, medics and investigators talk to the Guardian about allegations of war crimes during Israel's 23-day campaign in Gaza * medics and investigators talk to the Guardian about allegations of war crimes during Israel's 23-day campaign in Gaza * <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/23/gaza-war-crimes-drones> Cut to pieces: the family drinking tea in a courtyard Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles - drones - caused at least 48 deaths in Gaza during the 23-day offensive * <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/23/gaza-war-crimes-allegations-dro nes> The Hermes 450 drone: how it works * <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/23/gaza-human-shields-claim> Palestinian brothers: used as human shields in Gaza Three teenage boys say they were made to kneel in front of tanks to deter Hamas attacks * <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/23/gaza-war-crimes-medics> Under attack: medics die trying to help casualties Israeli military says medical staff 'take the risk upon themselves' http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id= 100375 Netanyahu vows to pursue peace, build more settlements By Agence France Presse (AFP) Thursday, March 26, 2009 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Premier-designate Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to pursue peace talks with the Palestinians as he prepared to present his new government to parliament next week. "Peace ... is a common and enduring goal for all Israelis and Israeli governments, mine included. This means I will negotiate with the Palestinian Authority for peace," Netanyahu told a Jerusalem conference. Washington has warned that peacemaking will not be any easier under Netanyahu - who will head a right-leaning government and opposes the creation of a Palestinian state. "I think the Palestinians should understand that they have in our government a partner for peace, for security, for the rapid development of the Palestinian economy," he said. Six weeks after elections, Netanyahu succeeded in pulling together a government, after the center-left Labor party agreed Tuesday to join his coalition. "I intend to present the Knesset with the national unity government next week," he said at a meeting of his Likud party's parliamentary faction. A senior Likud official said the swearing-in should take place on Monday or Tuesday. His right-wing Likud was due to sign a fourth coalition agreement with the three-member far-right faction Jewish Home on Wednesday, a senior MP said, giving him a majority of 69 MPs in the 120-seats Knesset or Parliament. The Likud leader, who was premier between 1996 and 1999, opposes the creation of a Palestinian state for the moment, saying economic conditions in the occupied West Bank must first be improved. Peace talks were revived to great fanfare in November 2007 but made little visible progress and finally ground to a halt during Israel's three-week war on Gaza in December and January. "Building peace needs actions and not words," senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP. "Any Israeli government that freezes settlement construction and accepts a settlement based on a two-state solution and to negotiate on all final-status issues, including Jerusalem, will be considered a partner for peace," he said, listing issues opposed by several members of Netanyahu's cabinet. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman said Obama's comments showed the new US administration is "serious about the peace process." Labor voted to join Netanyahu's cabinet despite the opposition of many in the veteran party that launched the Oslo peace talks in the early 1990s. Netanyahu's coalition comprises 27 MPs from Likud, 15 from Avigdor Lieberman's ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu, 11 from ultra-Orthodox Shas, 13 from Labor and three from Jewish Home. In their coalition agreement, Netanyahu and Labor leader Ehud Barak remained vague on the issue, saying the cabinet would work "to reach a comprehensive regional peace agreement" and respect previous international agreements Israel has signed. But the deal did not address the issue of a Palestinian state - the creation of which is at the heart of the international "road map" to peace that has made little progress since its launch in 2003. And discord between the partners emerged Wednesday, with Labor MPs saying peace talks will be continued while Likud MPs said the party would not accept the idea of creating a Palestinian state. Despite his hardline rhetoric, Netanyahu signed several deals with the Palestinians during his first stint as premier. But he also authorized a major expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, one of the thorniest issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And according to Israeli Army radio, Netanyahu has struck a secret deal with one of his coalition partners, pledging to expand settlements in a highly contentious area of the West Bank. The agreement is not included in the official coalition deal between Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, but the two men struck the understanding during their coalition talks, the radio said. According to the plan, 3,000 housing units are to be constructed in the so-called E1 Sector in the occupied West Bank, which runs between occupied East Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement. Israel had pledged to freeze the E1 project as part of its commitments under the road map for peace. Palestinians bitterly oppose the project as it effectively cuts the occupied West Bank in two, making the creation of a viable Palestinian state highly problematic. - AFP with The Daily Star *** exposing the hidden truth for further educational research only *** CAVEAT LECTOR *** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. NOTE: Some links may require cut and paste into your Internet Browser. Please check <http://tinyurl.com/33c9yr> http://tinyurl.com/33c9yr for more real news posts and support the truth! 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