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these days there are no real leaders at all in the political
Rabbi Avi Shafran 43
leaders in the secular political arena or in Jewish life, when a
Clever But Clueless realm, nor for that matter is well-programmed computer
Rifka Schonfeld 47 there universally respected system could make precise
and accepted leadership in the decisions—and get it right.
Jewish community. For example, if the White
But I’m really not sure where House had a carefully pro-
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Israel Police
the fault lies—in leaders who grammed computer system, do Commissioner Dudi Cohen served together on a security discussion panel
might possibly be short on quali- at the Herzliya Conference of the Institute for Policy and Strategy in
fications or accomplishments, Continued on Page 5 Israel earlier this week. See Page 70
CANDLE LIGHTING
Feb. 5 – 4:59 PM
Feb. 12 – 5:08 PM
“Apartheid” state,” Barak stated. Accordingly, while he feels that Jews have a of South Africa in the past.” “The Jewish people are the
Continued from Front Cover he told a packed hall, the only “connection and a right” to Barak made reference to the indigenous people of the land
solution must be an end to what Judea and Samaria,” it is neces- Biblical account of G-d promis- of Israel. This area is the center
apartheid, should Israel refrain he termed the occupation. sary to withdraw because of the ing the entire land of Canaan to of our culture, our heritage, and
from withdrawing from Judea Speaking to Israel’s peace need to be “realistic” and to rec- Abraham, saying that expecta- our biblical claim to the land.
and Samaria to create a camp, Barak stressed that “peace ognize “practical restraints.” tions of that promise must be Through G-d’s grace these areas
Palestinian State. have returned to the control of
As long as west of the Jordan the State of Israel,” he said.
River there is only one political The Samaria Regional
entity called Israel, it will not be Council called for the annexa-
Jewish or democratic, he “Giving the Arabs the vote would destroy tion of Judea and Samaria.
explained. While Israeli voters over-
The former Prime Minister
was speaking in a panel entitled
Israel as a Jewish state.” whelmingly supported national-
ist candidates in the last elec-
Prospects of Peace: the Israeli- tions, repudiating Barak and his
Palestinian Track, together with Labor Party, Barak said that he
Palestinian Authority Prime feels that there is a “clear silent
Minister Salam Fayyad. is not a religion. It is only a means Accordingly, he said, the alter- modified to fit existing realities. majority in favor of peace.”
“If we don’t give Arabs the to achieve the goal of a prosper- native to withdrawal is Israel David Ha’Ivri, the Spokesman Barak said that such an atti-
vote it is apartheid and is not ous and strong State of Israel.” becoming like “Bosnia and for Gershon Mesika, the head of tude is less taken for granted on
compatible with the Zionist However, in an appeal to Belfast” or “being swept gradual- the Samaria Regional Council, the Arab side, but that a real
dream. Giving the Arabs the vote Israel’s religious community, the ly into the reality of one state for representing Israeli settlers, change has been made “under the
would destroy Israel as a Jewish defense minister explained that two nations, which is the reality blasted Barak for his statements. surface,” calling Fayyad responsi-
ble for a change in Palestinian
thinking that is practical and not
ideological and not trading in the
concept of victimhood.
Since his ascent to the premier-
ship, anti-Semitic content and
violent incitement have not been
removed from the PA media.
The Palestinian prime minis-
ter was recently accused of pay-
ing the salaries of members of
the banned Al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades terrorist organization,
in a report from the Center for
Near East Policy Research, and
he has been called “an obstacle
to peace” by Israeli Deputy
Prime Minister Silvan Shalom.
A major theme in Fayyad’s
speech was the lack of confi-
dence the Arab side has in Israeli
intentions due to continued
building in Judea and Samaria
and continued Israeli incursions
into Arab cities in the course of
counter-terrorism operations.
Fayyad called for an expansion
of the areas where PA security
forces are allowed to operate.
He emphatically expressed
the PA’s “commitment to hold on
and abide by obligations,” and
said that when Palestinians get a
sense that the Israeli presence in
Judea and Samaria is being rolled
back, then peace talks will have a
chance to resume and be suc-
cessfully concluded.
Fayyad said that the Palestine
Liberation Organization recog-
nized Israel’s right to exist in 1993
with the signing of the Oslo
accords and did not receive Israeli
recognition of the Palestinian
right to a state in return.
The accords, while signed,
were never ratified by the PLO,
and the organization’s charter
still calls for the elimination of
the State of Israel.
“Palestinian statehood should
be the outcome of this political
process,” he said, adding that his
people were “shouldering the
responsibility of getting ready
for statehood,” explaining that
governments and governance
were what gave people stability
and security. “The Road Map has
obligations on both sides and
makes a great deal of sense…the
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Photo By Ori Porat
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister
Dr. Salam Fayyad at the 2010 Herzliya Conference.