Former prime minister Ehud Barak urges the government to restart peace talks with the Palestinians or “seriously” weigh unilateral withdrawals to make way for a Palestinian state.
“I know Abu Mazen [Abbas] and I know his heirs, and I say we have to try and resolve this with them, and if not — to seriously consider the unilateral steps needed to create a situation of no return of disengagement from the Palestinians,” Barak tells Army Radio.
He says Israel should draw borders that “include, of course, the settlement blocs and all neighborhoods of Jerusalem, and the army presence on the Jordan.”
“And alongside it [Israel], an independent Palestinian state will rise,” he says.
The former premier says his negotiations with Arafat failed because “he was not a partner” but says that “the Palestinians will need a magnifying glass to see the differences between what was on the table in 2000 to what will ultimately be agreed.”
Ehud Barak speaks at the opening of the Globes Business Conference in Tel Aviv on December 08, 2014. (Photo credit: Flash90)
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