Weekly Commentary: Avigdor Lieberman and the right wing mislabel
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 22 July 2010

FM Avigdor Lieberman's latest proposal to rely on the efficacy of
inspections and other security activities by third parties in the Gaza Strip
only reflects the ongoing disconnect between reality and the "solutions" he
has advocated for years.

Consider the following policy recommendations from Avigdor Lieberman's 2004
book, My Truth, pages 202-203:

"Also overall security responsibility should be placed in the end on Egypt
(AL: in the Gaza Strip)

"Jordan ...in such an arrangement should give support...including the
issuing of passports and taking of overall and comprehensive security
responsibility for what transpires in Judea and Samaria"

"Thus for practical purposes this arrangement will be, almost certainly, a
kind of two confederations - in one case with the Jordanians, and in the
other case with Egypt."

Time and again Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman is labeled by the
media as "right wing".

But is he?

Is it "right wing" to advocate bringing Jordanian security forces to the
back entrance of Kfar Sava and Egyptian forces a few kilometers from
Ashkelon?

And what of his "transfer" proposal that some areas in Israel with heavy
Arab populations be transferred to a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation?

Since when is proposing borders that are even worse than Israel's pre-'67
"Auschwitz borders" a right wing proposal?

No.

There are all kinds of labels one may give to Avigdor Lieberman and his
ideas.

The labels "reckless", "shortsighted" and "simplistic" all come to mind.

But "right wing" surely isn't one of them.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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