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Ramon: Netanyahu doesn't believe in 2-state vision

Former MK Ramon says prime minister does not believe in two-state solution to conflict

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not believe in the two-state vision, Former MK Haim Ramon said Thursday, shortly after being appointed chairman of the Kadima Council.

 

"Bibi doesn't believe in two states for two people," Ramon said. "He said it not only to his father, but to ministers as well. Begin would not have stayed in the government if that were the case."

 

Ramon praised Kadima Chairwoman Tzipi Livni's decision to stay in the opposition after the elections, saying that the move strengthened the party rather than weakened it.

 

Meanwhile, Livni also slammed Netanyahu, saying that "100 days have passed, and the government's smaller problem is that it has no achievements to show. Yet there are bigger problems."

 

The Kadima chairwoman proceeded to criticize the government for having no diplomatic or economic plan.

 

"This is a government with a survival plan," she said. "The prime minister is only dealing with smalltime politics, instead of enlisting support in the world and instead of promoting reforms."

 

Livni said that Kadima provides the nation with an alternative and hope, predicting that the party will eventually take power "thanks to its conduct."

 

"Kadima is not for sale. We'll do what's good for the country," she said. "Instead of being a party to something bad, we'll do what's good for the country…I see Kadima getting stronger every day. We'll use our short stint in the opposition to fight in the Knesset. Our faction is made up of fighters."

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.09.09, 21:07
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