Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here’s a transcript from a 2001 video I pulled a while ago. Wasn’t easy to find. I posted the video back in the Gaza War thread.
Netanyahu:
“The main thing first of all is to strike them not once, but several times so painfully that the price they pay is unbearable. So far the price tag is not unbearable. I mean a large scale attack on the Palestinian authority causing them to fear that everything is about to collapse.”
He goes on to say that he doesn’t care if the U.S. perceives Israel as the aggressor.
“Especially with the U.S. I know how they are. America is something you can easily maneuver and move in the right direction. And even if they say something, so what. 80% of Americans support us— It’s absurd. I wasn’t afraid to confront Clinton. I wasn’t afraid to go against the UN.”
“The accords were ratified by parliament. I gave my own interpretation to the agreements, in such a way that will allow me to stop the race back towards the 1967 borders. Nobody defined what the military facilities are. So I defined them as being security zones.”
“The entire Jordan Valley for me is a security zone. You see, go figure. But then there was the question of who will define these military facilities. I received a letter from Secretary of State Warren to me and Arafat at the same time saying that Israel, and Israel alone, will define the military facilities, their locations and size.”
“Now, they didn’t want to give me this letter, so I refused to sign the accords. I stopped the government meeting, and I said I won’t sign. And only when the letter has arrived to me and Arafat, I signed the Hebron accords. It’s better to give 2% than 100%, and this is the choice we faced. You gave 2% but you stopped the withdrawals, rather than 100%.”
Reminds me of how Netanyahu said the US is easily manipulated into doing his bidding and how he has been so successful:
“I know what America is,” Netanyahu said. “America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won’t get in the way."