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Peres backs 'ceding some parts of Israel' for good of state

President Shimon Peres spoke at the annual memorial ceremony for Israel's first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, and dubbed him "the greatest of leaders in Israel's modern history".

 

"Ben Gurion was the first to support the two-state solution, but he believed that our immediate duty is to save the people and release them from dependency on foreigners, something which is impossible to do without ceding some parts of Israel. He knew that a state cannot be built on a UN resolution – but rather with tears and bricks," Peres said. (Ilana Curiel)

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.14.10, 16:49