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            Root of Palestinian conflict ‘not 
            territorial': Netanyahu 
            
            
            Wednesday May 01, 2013 08:30:10 PM, 
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              Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 
              Netanyahu on Wednesday said the root of the conflict with the 
              Palestinians was not about territory but about their refusal to 
              recognize Israel as the Jewish state.
 “The root of the conflict is not territorial. It started a long 
              time before 1967,” Netanyahu said in a meeting with foreign 
              ministry officials.
 
 “The Palestinians’ lack of will to recognize the state of Israel 
              as the national state of the Jewish people is the root of the 
              conflict,” he said.
 
 His remarks, which were communicated by a senior government 
              source, appeared to be a reference to moves by the Arab League to 
              revive and modify its 2002 peace initiative.
 
 They came after Gilad Erdan, a minister in the security cabinet 
              and considered close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke 
              to a public radio.
 
 “If Israel agrees to come to the negotiating table while accepting 
              in advance that talks would be held on the basis of the 1967 
              lines, there wouldn’t be very much to negotiate about.
 
 “We cannot start negotiations after agreeing in advance to give up 
              everything,” he added.
 
 
 
 
 
 
                
               
 
                
              
 
 
 
 
 
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