Israel's Livni Tells Group That Israel Must Give Up More Israeli Land To Palis

PLEASE Israel..do NOT put this woman in charge! I beg you. This would be like years and years more of Olmert and I personally don't think Israel can survive this kind of limp-wristed leadership. While it is still not clear as to who will end up as the new Israeli Prime Minister, Tzipi Livni, is already trying to position Israel as putting a peace plan on the table and part of the plan of hers is for Israel to concede MORE land over to the Palestinians. Here's some of the details from the article at Breitbart:

Tzipi Livni, who hopes to be appointed Israel's prime minister-designate, said Monday Israel must give up considerable territory in exchange for peace with the Palestinians, drawing a clear distinction with her rival, Benjamin Netanyahu.
She told a convention of American Jewish leaders, "we need to give up parts of the Land of Israel," using a term that refers to biblical borders that include today's Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, repeating her well-known view that pulling out of Palestinian areas would be for the good of Israel, to maintain it as a Jewish state.
Livni told the Conference of Presidents of Major American Organizations that Israel must take the initiative and come forward with its own peace plan to head off international programs. "Any plan put on the table will not be in our interest," she said.
Livni's centrist Kadima Party won one more seat than the hawkish Likud, led by Netanyahu. He opposes large-scale territorial concessions in peace talks with the Palestinians. He believes negotiations should concentrate instead on building up the Palestinian economy.

I guess I can't quite figure out how this position even plays in Israel but then again, I can't figure out how some in the U.S. are willing to allow Iran to get nuclear weapons either. But in my view, you will never see a lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. It's impossible...simply because the Palestinians are not capable of negotiations. They are liars, they are devious. The Palestinians have bought into the Arab plan of acquiring ALL of Israel's land and nothing short of that is acceptable.

So in essence, we have Israeli leaders like Livni who want to "look" like they are doing something by offering the Palis something they don't even want. And it ends up weakening Israel and empowering the Pali terrorists.

I'm not a total Netanyahu fan either but at least he has been much more clear on NOT taking such a stance in talks with the Palestinians. Choose wisely, Israel - I can vouch for how bad an election can turn out.

Livni: Give up parts of 'Land of Israel'

JERUSALEM (AP) - Tzipi Livni, who hopes to be appointed Israel's prime minister-designate, said Monday Israel must give up considerable territory in exchange for peace with the Palestinians, drawing a clear distinction with her rival, Benjamin Netanyahu.
She told a convention of American Jewish leaders, "we need to give up parts of the Land of Israel," using a term that refers to biblical borders that include today's Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, repeating her well-known view that pulling out of Palestinian areas would be for the good of Israel, to maintain it as a Jewish state.
Livni told the Conference of Presidents of Major American Organizations that Israel must take the initiative and come forward with its own peace plan to head off international programs. "Any plan put on the table will not be in our interest," she said.
Livni's centrist Kadima Party won one more seat than the hawkish Likud, led by Netanyahu. He opposes large-scale territorial concessions in peace talks with the Palestinians. He believes negotiations should concentrate instead on building up the Palestinian economy
Netanyahu and Livni, the current foreign minister, both claimed victory in last week's election. Each hopes to be picked by President Shimon Peres to form the next government.
Netanyahu appears to have the edge, because a majority of members in the new parliament favor his views.
In his address before the gathering, Netanyahu ruled out unilateral pullbacks from territory, criticizing Israel's withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, charging that it allowed the Islamic militant Hamas to take over there.
He said he, too, does not want to govern Palestinians, but Israel must maintain control of all borders, airspace and electronic traffic, indicating that his offer to the Palestinians would be considerably less than a sovereign state.
"Regardless how the solution is achieved, the Palestinians should run their lives," he said. "They should govern themselves, but they shouldn't have certain powers that would threaten the state of Israel."
Official results of Israel's election are scheduled to be published Wednesday, and then Peres will begin formal consultations with the 12 parties in the new parliament. He is expected to choose a premier-designate within a few days, starting a period of up to six weeks for coalition negotiations.
In an interview broadcast Monday evening on Channel 2 TV, Livni invited Netanyahu to serve in a government she would lead. "I am appealing here to Benjamin Netanyahu to join forces with me in a unity government with a policy that represents the center of the political map," she said.
Netanyahu, who assumes he will be the next prime minister, has made a similar call to Livni, who rejected it.