Israel Beitenu announced its firm demands for any final-status agreement with the Palestinian enemy, which mostly relate to Lieberman’s long-discredited idea of territorial swaps. Lieberman imagines swapping Arab-populated regions of Israel for the settlement blocs. That idea is unrealizable because Israeli Arabs would move into the other places of Israel before the swap, and thus remain in Israel. Lieberman’s swap cannot rid Israel of the Arabs, and is anyway rejected by all parties. If, however, Lieberman is prepared to forcefully evict Israeli Arabs during the swap, why not evict them without a swap?
Lieberman also promised to withdraw from the government over negotiations of splitting Jerusalem with the Arab enemy.
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