Observation: Netanyahu Restores Cave of the Patriarchs to Israeli
Requirements
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 24 May 2011

Almost two years ago, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu described Israel’s
geographic needs outside of Jerusalem exclusively on a military basis:

“Regarding the remaining important issues that will be discussed as part of
a final peace settlement, my positions are known: Israel needs defensible
borders, and Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, must remain undivided with
continued religious freedom for all faiths.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Begin-Sadat Center at Bar-Ilan
University 14 June 2009

Today Mr. Netanyahu restored national considerations not related to security
to Israel’s geographic needs:

“Under any realistic peace agreement, these areas [neighborhoods and suburbs
of Jerusalem and Greater Tel Aviv]., as well as other places of critical
strategic and national importance, will be incorporated into the final
borders of Israel.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress 25
May 2011

A prime example of a place of “national importance” is the Cave of the
Patriarchs in Hebron.

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