From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
‘If Israel gives up Jordan Valley, Tel Aviv could become Sderot’
If Israel were to give up security control over the Jordan Valley in a future peace agreement with the Palestinians – as demanded by the US administration — the West Bank would become Gaza and Tel Aviv would become Sderot, says former national security advisor Yaakov Amidror. “Not one rocket would fall on Tel Aviv, but as many as fell today in Sderot.”
This week’s heavy rocket fire from Gaza is “very much connected” to calls for a permanent peace agreement, Amidror adds, speaking at the Israel Conference on Peace. “Israel must not enter agreements that will jeopardize its security… It’s better not to have any agreement at all than to have an agreement that leads to two million people having to hide in bomb shelters, as we had today.”
While personally in favor of a Palestinian state — for demographic reasons — Amidror says he doubts that there will ever be peace between Israelis and Palestinians. “The Palestinians don’t want an agreement, they want to destroy the state of Israel.”
— Raphael Ahren
