Israel Labor Party Leader and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres said yesterday that Israel has to return every inch of Palestinian lands. At a dinner last night in the U.S., Peres said Israel has no spiritual right either to the lands of the Gaza Strip or the Palestinian people. Peres stated that Israel should return all the land that it took over in the 1967 Middle East war and added, "If you keep 10 percent of the land, you continue 100 percent of the conflict." He noted that Israel should provide a state for the Palestinians in order for them to maintain their existence. Peres added however that this is not an easy thing to do and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is having a hard time with the issue. "Unless Israel withdraws from these lands completely, disaster will be waiting at the corner," concluded Peres.
| I saw Peres on Fox News yesterday. I was struck again by how much I don't like him. |
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