Yossi Beilin
Yossi Beilin
Dr. Yosef "Yossi" Beilinis an Israeli statesman and scholar who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the Israeli government. Much of his political career was in the Labour Party. He also served as chairman of the Meretz-Yachad political party. After retiring from political life, Beilin founded 'Beilink', a business consultancy company. He also writes opinion pieces in Israeli papers Haaretz and Israel Hayom...
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It would be possible to lead the opposition toward support of the government if it goes this way.
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Today, when we're approaching the moment of truth, when courageous people have to make courageous decisions, ... it is a must that they will talk to each other and see whether it is possible to get to the permanent solutions and to touch all the delicate issues.
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First of all, we did not sign any agreement. I think that we are patriots who are trying to save ourselves. This is more than legitimate.
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brings us closer to making peace within a time frame that is not long.
deadlines
There should never, ever be deadlines which become dead ends.
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I think if both of us, Palestinians and Israelis, cannot find our own solutions, nobody will help us.
terms
We have no terms for dialogue, but we do have terms for negotiations.
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If anyone really wants to get prisoners released, the last thing he should do to encourage it is to continue with this process, because not one of us will countenance release of prisoners on the background of columns of smoke in the territories,
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I believe we solve the whole question of the permanent agreement, and we are very close to it; it is actually around the corner.
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But the room for maneuver for both leaderships is bigger than what they really think, and I think once they take brave decisions then they can convince their peoples to go along and to support them,
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I wouldn't say that this was the main reason but if elections weren't happening, maybe the decision would have been different.
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When there's a will by both sides, the final five weeks might be sufficient, ... I hope Palestinians and Israelis will be strong enough to get to the moment of truth, to the permanent solution, which is around the corner.
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We want to form the widest government possible.
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This time of bickering should be over, ... return immediately to the negotiating table without preconditions.