"The only possible solution is that they will have autonomy over themselves," Netanyahu said, "but not the ability to harm us."
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his commitment to the idea of
Palestinian self-government in the West Bank, provided that Israel
preserve total security control of all territory west of the Jordan
river.
Speaking at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North
America on Wednesday, Netanyahu said that he believed in a solution
where the “Palestinians have all the powers to govern themselves and
none of the powers to threaten us.”He related discussions he had with
former US Vice President Joe Biden where he said that he was not
interested in “labels” such as "two-state solution," but in the
substantive issue of Israeli security and insisted that Israel maintain
security control in “the tiny area west of the Jordan.”
Netanyahu asserted that the only reason the West Bank had not become a
Hamas-controlled territory from which missiles are launched at Israeli
cities, like the Gaza Strip, was because of ongoing Israeli military
presence in the territory.He said that if Israel were to lose security
control in the territory, Hamas would overthrow the Palestinian
Authority “in a minute."
The prime minister also said that Israel had thwarted an assassination attempt against PA President Mahmoud Abbas.
Netanyahu also addressed the state of Israels relations with world
Jewry, but said that the most serious challenge to Jews in the Diaspora
was a loss of Jewish identity amongst Jewish youth, and that great
efforts must be made to ensure the survival of the Jewish people outside
of Israel. Speaking at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations
of North America, Netanyahu also implicitly blamed the Reform and
Conservative movements for disputes over religious concerns in Israel,
including prayer rights at the Western Wall and Jewish conversion, due
to their legal petitions to the High Court of Justice
During a 40 minute conversation with outgoing JFNA chairman of the board
Richard Sandler, Netanyahu waxed lyrical about the strength of
US-Israel ties and the ongoing high levels of public support in the US
for the Jewish state.
As the interview had concluded, and as he was applauding Sandler for his
work, Netanyahu said that he would be remiss if he did not state what
he believed was the greatest challenge for the Jewish people.
Netanyahu said that Jewish destiny in the State of Israel was in the hands of the Jewish people.
“What I am concerned with when it comes to the Jewish people is one
thing, and that is the loss of identity,” said the prime minister.
“It’s not the question of the [Western] Wall or conversion, that we can overcome, it’s the loss of identity.
Citing an article by Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch calling for concern over
the continuity of the Jewish people, Netanyahu said that Jews in the
Diaspora must be concerned with Jewish survival.
“Jewish survival is guaranteed in the Jewish state if we defend out
state. But we have to also work at the continuity of Jewish communities
in the world by developing Jewish education, the study of Hebrew, having
young Jews come to Israel,” he said.
“We need to do an approach in the internet age to young Jewish men and
women and young Jewish children around the world so that they understand
that their own future as Jews depends on continuous identity, and it’s
protecting Jewish identity and developing Jewish consciousness that is
the most important thing, it touches on the foundations of history.”
Speaking earlier in the conversation about disagreements between the
government and the Jewish leadership in North America over the Western
Wall, conversion and other concerns, Netanyahu repeated comments he has
made in the past that matters of religion and state in Israel evolve
over time through a series of compromises to the status quo on such
concerns.
The prime minister said that “a series of evolving understandings and
compromises” had developed since the inception of the state, but that
“challenges on a series of issues in the courts primarily from the
Reform movement but also from the Conservatives” had disrupted the
status quo on the Western Wall, conversion and other religious issues.
Netanyahu pointed to compromises he has sought over these concerns and
said that such understandings with incremental progress were the way
forward on religious matters.
“Jewish survival is guaranteed in the Jewish state if we defend out
state. But we have to also work at the continuity of Jewish communities
in the world by developing Jewish education, the study of Hebrew, having
young Jews come to Israel,” he said.
“We need to do an approach in the internet age to young Jewish men and
women and young Jewish children around the world so that they understand
that their own future as Jews depends on continuous identity, and it’s
protecting Jewish identity and developing Jewish consciousness that is
the most important thing, it touches on the foundations of history.”
Speaking earlier in the conversation about disagreements between the
government and the Jewish leadership in North America over the Western
Wall, conversion and other concerns, Netanyahu repeated comments he has
made in the past that matters of religion and state in Israel evolve
over time through a series of compromises to the status quo on such
concerns.
The prime minister said that “a series of evolving understandings and
compromises” had developed since the inception of the state, but that
“challenges on a series of issues in the courts primarily from the
Reform movement but also from the Conservatives” had disrupted the
status quo on the Western Wall, conversion and other religious issues.
Netanyahu pointed to compromises he has sought over these concerns and
said that such understandings with incremental progress were the way
forward on religious matters.
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By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his commitment to the idea of
Palestinian self-government in the West Bank, provided that Israel
preserve total security control of all territory west of the Jordan
river.
Speaking at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North
America on Wednesday, Netanyahu said that he believed in a solution
where the “Palestinians have all the powers to govern themselves and
none of the powers to threaten us.”He related discussions he had with
former US Vice President Joe Biden where he said that he was not
interested in “labels” such as "two-state solution," but in the
substantive issue of Israeli security and insisted that Israel maintain
security control in “the tiny area west of the Jordan.”
Netanyahu asserted that the only reason the West Bank had not become a
Hamas-controlled territory from which missiles are launched at Israeli
cities, like the Gaza Strip, was because of ongoing Israeli military
presence in the territory.He said that if Israel were to lose security
control in the territory, Hamas would overthrow the Palestinian
Authority “in a minute."
The prime minister also said that Israel had thwarted an assassination attempt against PA President Mahmoud Abbas.
Netanyahu also addressed the state of Israels relations with world
Jewry, but said that the most serious challenge to Jews in the Diaspora
was a loss of Jewish identity amongst Jewish youth, and that great
efforts must be made to ensure the survival of the Jewish people outside
of Israel. Speaking at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations
of North America, Netanyahu also implicitly blamed the Reform and
Conservative movements for disputes over religious concerns in Israel,
including prayer rights at the Western Wall and Jewish conversion, due
to their legal petitions to the High Court of Justice
During a 40 minute conversation with outgoing JFNA chairman of the board
Richard Sandler, Netanyahu waxed lyrical about the strength of
US-Israel ties and the ongoing high levels of public support in the US
for the Jewish state.
As the interview had concluded, and as he was applauding Sandler for his
work, Netanyahu said that he would be remiss if he did not state what
he believed was the greatest challenge for the Jewish people.
Netanyahu said that Jewish destiny in the State of Israel was in the hands of the Jewish people.
“What I am concerned with when it comes to the Jewish people is one
thing, and that is the loss of identity,” said the prime minister.
“It’s not the question of the [Western] Wall or conversion, that we can overcome, it’s the loss of identity.
Citing an article by Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch calling for concern over
the continuity of the Jewish people, Netanyahu said that Jews in the
Diaspora must be concerned with Jewish survival.
“Jewish survival is guaranteed in the Jewish state if we defend out
state. But we have to also work at the continuity of Jewish communities
in the world by developing Jewish education, the study of Hebrew, having
young Jews come to Israel,” he said.
“We need to do an approach in the internet age to young Jewish men and
women and young Jewish children around the world so that they understand
that their own future as Jews depends on continuous identity, and it’s
protecting Jewish identity and developing Jewish consciousness that is
the most important thing, it touches on the foundations of history.”
Speaking earlier in the conversation about disagreements between the
government and the Jewish leadership in North America over the Western
Wall, conversion and other concerns, Netanyahu repeated comments he has
made in the past that matters of religion and state in Israel evolve
over time through a series of compromises to the status quo on such
concerns.
The prime minister said that “a series of evolving understandings and
compromises” had developed since the inception of the state, but that
“challenges on a series of issues in the courts primarily from the
Reform movement but also from the Conservatives” had disrupted the
status quo on the Western Wall, conversion and other religious issues.
Netanyahu pointed to compromises he has sought over these concerns and
said that such understandings with incremental progress were the way
forward on religious matters.
“Jewish survival is guaranteed in the Jewish state if we defend out
state. But we have to also work at the continuity of Jewish communities
in the world by developing Jewish education, the study of Hebrew, having
young Jews come to Israel,” he said.
“We need to do an approach in the internet age to young Jewish men and
women and young Jewish children around the world so that they understand
that their own future as Jews depends on continuous identity, and it’s
protecting Jewish identity and developing Jewish consciousness that is
the most important thing, it touches on the foundations of history.”
Speaking earlier in the conversation about disagreements between the
government and the Jewish leadership in North America over the Western
Wall, conversion and other concerns, Netanyahu repeated comments he has
made in the past that matters of religion and state in Israel evolve
over time through a series of compromises to the status quo on such
concerns.
The prime minister said that “a series of evolving understandings and
compromises” had developed since the inception of the state, but that
“challenges on a series of issues in the courts primarily from the
Reform movement but also from the Conservatives” had disrupted the
status quo on the Western Wall, conversion and other religious issues.
Netanyahu pointed to compromises he has sought over these concerns and
said that such understandings with incremental progress were the way
forward on religious matters.
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