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Has Netanyahu joined Kadima?

May 19, 2011 12:24
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Ari Shavit appears to think so
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/netanyahu-must-move-forward...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Knesset speech on Monday was a good one. He told the truth. He described the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as it is. He set down six principles for Israel as it seeks peace: recognition of Israel as the Jewish national home, a demilitarized Palestine that does not control the Jordan Valley, a solution outside Israel to the refugee problem, retention of settlement blocs, a united Jerusalem and a declaration of an end to the conflict with no further demands.

These six principles are completely loyal to the Rabin legacy, the Sharon legacy and the Kadima party's platform. They are principles that can be legitimately presented to the Palestinians. They are principles that can be explained to the world. They are principles that the sane Israeli majority accepts. Regarding Jerusalem, Israel will have to make another painful concession, but basically there's no two-state solution that is not founded on these six principles.

And so does former Shin Bet chief and current Kadima MK Avi Dichter (in Hebrew, Yisrael Hayom hasn't got an English service).
http://www.israelhayom.co.il/en/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6236
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