now i'd like to address mister blitzer on
these questions in just a moment and little
bit you implied that Israel has the right
to exist because of what happened to the jews
during world war two
one and telephone
don't the Palestinians to have the right to
a secure homeland
why did they have to suffer and make way for
the jews
but we can go back and we can argue over the
worth of Israel
Justice of the the birth of Israel been argued
over whether or not there should be an Israel
their is in Israel today
there's a strong Israel today a vibrant Israel
that is not going to disappear
Palestinians of missed opportunities their
is an opportunity today
I don't see any useful purpose
in arguing over
what justifications Israel has to exist
Israel has all the justifications in the world
which is
and I don't even think it's it's appropriate
the question
the reason why it's relevant to this
thank God that there is at least one Israel
in Israel where jews can live and work and
a half of the year
but if they need refuge
if they want to live
in a country that has to do is show my that's
fine
and I think as I said before all of us should
be delighted
that we happen to be around at a time in this
world where there is this is real
zionism
is an ideology is the national liberation
movement
of the Jewish people
to deny sign of sin
to reject the signers of
is about as races
and element as you can get why should all
of these people Palestinians and others
deserve a homeland that the jews can have
a homeland
and that the jurors have heard about all of
these years I have a homeland
have not the just developed an identity
our culture of religion
sure that you deserve a home
and there's an opportunity now to resolve
all of these problems
it's not going to be easy
there's no quick fix to the solution
but aspin has to involve compromise
recognition of mutual rights
but certainly given the history of what's
going on over there
anybody who ignores the security problems
facing Israel
certainly the israelis are whether they really
could deliver whatever
certainly any one of a dozen or those
very very real security problems
in the middle east
a dangerous neighborhood
they're going to be doing to destruction and
I don't think that the jews at this particular
point in in our history are prepared to accept
that
I wanted I can't comment on that on a one
hundred you can't comment on that I've got
it I've got a question for of Illinois
I I think it's absolutely necessary to fund
them to give you a question to work on of
the public about what makes sense going to
be from the audience going to like we can
possibly manage
well that's right it says the intifada is
not an isolated problem this problem is if
I could vote for lawyers terrorism on the
holocaust why is it not relevant in your opinion
for Israel to be secure
well that makes leaving feedback the former
question or and
and i'll answer both at the same time
hi
I suppose have been
it wasn't newsstand and the one before it
begins
that mister twister was the point that same
familiar of lawyers active
the question that was but the him was
if we accept
but with accept the legitimacy of the state
of Israel
why don't we also looks at what you do see
of a Palestinian state
and mister blitzer went on to tell us all
up with reasons why we should accept this
legitimacy of the state of Israel
something which by the way I can cover it
but that still doesn't answer the question
it's what does accept the legitimacy of the
state of Israel white doesn't want well so
awkward
the same rights to self-determination and
state with the Palestinians
that was the question as I understand it that
was but they have
now the issue of security was raising something
they did
as are you think
in inaccurate in race
no I'm not concerned with the security of
the state of Israel
I am
I'm not a concern about the security of a
Palestinian state
okay
we have to apply the same standards across
the border
Israel has a right to use the for the military
power in the world
don't they have a real security claims against
the Palestinians
let me play a few former prime Minister of
Israel on that a bit
Israel has as much to fear from a Palestinian
state
as the Soviet union does but not simpler people
you have to have a Soviet union has a real
rough a factory of threat from watsonville
work
some the we have stuff that you could not
do any good
the Soviet union
no rights
while by Afghanistan
but into your basket occupied the west bank
and Gaza
because certainly have gone unspent dozens
of greater security threat the Soviet union
did not simply work
I'm repeating the essence of what the Soviet
occupation of Afghanistan
the left your apartment so I have said his
most recent book was lots of Lebanon
he asks committee even though I'm a great
admirer on the thighs
he asks the media reasonable question
what goes into rio the fact that the military
power in the world
they have a mistake
that would be well
the science
up up yeah
and one half the population of the way
it's got a real that to step up Israel
what's that simply an excuse
the content of the occupation
it's in your face is as much of a military
threat in a Palestinian state
as the united states did from grenada
surely surely Ronald Reagan or perhaps Ronald
Reagan
well the that grenada all the major security
threat to the united states
exactly as George Bush weeks ago again of
firm
that nicaragua both a major national security
threat to the united states
nicaragua which has which credit US later
reason why the elevator
while
okay
I'm national security threat that the united
states
it seems to me applying the same standards
as other a and uses and on the surprises
we have instance these problems worries no
shame
but in Israel is maintaining its occupation
of the west bank and Gaza the security reasons
they have very good reasons to maintain our
Beijing I'm afraid to say they have this little
to do with security
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