MK Livni: We will still be in harsh neighborhood after make peace
Dr. Aaron Lerner 26 January 2011

The following is a translation of an excerpt of the interview broadcast this
evening on Channel 2 news:

MK Tzipi Livni: The idea that some [settlers] will remain by the grace of
the Palestinian state and Palestinian security appears to me to be very
problematic.

Channel 2 reporter Udi Segal: If you think that the Palestinian state that
will be established will murder Israeli citizens who remain there – that we
are going to make a peace arrangement with these murderers? Either there
will be peace or there will be a band of murderers.

Livni: I never sold peace in the sense of “new Middle East”[AL: a phrase
coined by Shimon Peres]. We live in a harsh neighborhood. The “new Middle
east” isn’t going to plop down on us tomorrow and were aren’t going to be
living in different surroundings.”

The original Hebrew interview can be viewed at:
http://www.mako.co.il/news-law/legal/Article-fe08fdb90b3cd21004.htm&sCh=31750a2610f26110&pId=2082585621