Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on February 17, 2013. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
When Israel’s Military Experts Disagree -- Emily L. Hauser, Daily Beast
Over the past several days, two men with impeccable security credentials have said polar opposite things about Israel’s negotiations with the Palestinians.
+972 Magazine reported on Monday that Israeli Defense Minister and former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon told a Tel Aviv audience that “When there is a peace process, the Israeli issue comes up in the Palestinian media at the level of de-legitimization and hatred…. Our victims are victims of the diplomatic process. And when we stand firm and do not look like we are about to give up, that’s when we receive quiet.”
On the other hand, The Times of Israel reported on Saturday that Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri, former head of the Shin Bet, told a different Tel Aviv audience that achieving a two-state solution is “imperative for Israel’s future.” Several outlets reported that in discussing the intra-governmental tensions over negotiations, Peri added that “sooner or later this rift will reach the cabinet table—and one of the parties will have to leave the cabinet table.”
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My Comment: Disagreeing is a part of the human condition .... Israel is not immune to it.
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