Moeten Israëlische Arabieren volgens Livni straks naar Palestina verhuizen?

 

Haaretz creëert met een tendentieuze kop de impressie dat Livni meent dat er voor de Arabieren eigenlijk geen plaats is in Israel. Volgens de Jerusalem Post had ze gezegd:

 

"My solution for maintaining a Jewish and democratic state of Israel is to have two nation-states with certain concessions and with clear red lines," Livni said. "And among other things, I will also be able to approach the Palestinian residents of Israel, those whom we call Israeli Arabs, and tell them, 'your national solution lies elsewhere.'"

"You are citizens with equal rights, but you are citizens with equal rights in a state that is the national home of the Jewish people," Livni emphasized.

 

Die laatste zin wordt hieronder ook weergegeven.

Wat ze waarschijnlijk bedoelt is, dat wanneer de Arabieren in Israel autonomie eisen of zelfs een soort binationale staat, zaken die door het Arabisch-Israelische leiderschap al naar voren zijn gebracht, ze maar naar een Palestijnse staat moeten gaan. Ze hebben in Israel gelijke politieke en burgerrechten, en dat moet zo blijven, maar krijgen niet als nationale etnische groep een gelijkwaardige positie als de Joden. Israel is een Joodse staat in de betekenis dat de Joden als volk hier zelfbeschikking hebben. Daar zullen Arabieren in Israel zich bij neer moeten leggen.

De volgende zin bevestigt deze lezing:

 

"At the time, Livni added that the national demands of Israeli Arabs should end the moment a Palestinian state is established.

 

Je kunt er vergif op innemen dat Livni's citaat en vooral de kop van Haaretz gretig door antizionisten zal worden gebruikt om aan te tonen hoe racistisch Israel wel niet is.

Ook Nederlandse en andere kranten zullen de kop van Haaretz wwaarschijnlijk overnemen.

 

RP

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Last update - 15:46 11/12/2008       
Livni: Israeli Arabs should move to Palestine once state created

 

By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1045787.html

 

 

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday that the creation of a Palestinian state would serve as a solution to Israeli Arabs' national problem.

 

"When the Palestinian state is created, I will be able to go to Palestinians citizens - who we call Israeli Arabs - and say to them: You are residents with equal rights, but your national solution is in another place," Livni was quoted by Army Radio as saying to students at a Tel Aviv high school.

 

"The principle is the creation of two states for two peoples," she added. "This is my path to a democratic state."
 
When asked by a students why Israel continues to endanger itself in the face of Hamas when the Islamist group refuses to release captured soldier Gilad Shalit, Livni said: "If people think I can just go and release Gilad Shalit or that the government can, but just doesn't want to, it's not true."

 

"The government must be responsible for the soldiers it sends out. We all want to avoid fatalities but part of what it means to fight is that we have no other choice. We can't also bring everyone home," she said.

 

Last month, Livni infuriated Israeli Arab lawmakers when she said: It must be clear to everyone that the State of Israel is a national homeland for the Jewish people."

 

At the time, Livni added that the national demands of Israeli Arabs should end the moment a Palestinian state is established.

 

In response to Livni's comments, Culture, Sports and Science Minister Ghaleb Majadele said, "The roots of the Israeli Arab citizens of Israel were planted before the state was established. They are residents of this country with rights; their residency and citizenship are not open for negotiation."

 

"Anyone who raises the idea of transferring the Arab population in Israel to the territories of the state of Palestine is anti-democractic," the Israeli Arab minister added.