Subject: Nobody seems to have noticed the official Likud program

 Here are excerpts from the current platform of Likud, Israel’s governing party. It states that the state of Israel consists of all the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. How about that…?

At the bottom of this page I give the links that show that this is not a forgery!

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Likud - Platform

 Settlements

The Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza are the realization of Zionist values. Settlement of the land is a clear expression of the unassailable right of theJewish people to the Land of Israel and constitutes an important asset in the defense ofhe vital interests of the State of Israel. The Likud will continue to strengthen anddevelop these communities and will prevent their uprooting.

 The Partition of the Negev

Israel rejects out of hand ideas raised by Labor Party leaders concerning therelinquishment of parts of the Negev to the Palestinians. The practical meaning of thisplan is that the "Green Line" should no longer be viewed as a "Red Line", which drawsus closer to the partition plan of 1947 as it opens the door to the principle that the fateof the Galilee, the Triangle and additional areas within Israel is negotiable. The Likudasserts that such proposals by the Labor Party leadership may literally cause thedismemberment of the State of Israel.

Self-Rule

The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river.

The Palestinians can run their lives freely in the framework of self-rule, but not as an independent and sovereign state. Thus, for example, in matters of foreign affairs, security, immigration and ecology, their activity shall be limited in accordance with imperatives of Israel's existence, security and national needs.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the eternal, united capital of the State of Israel and only of Israel. The government will flatly reject Palestinian proposals to divide Jerusalem, including the plan to divide the city presented to the Knesset by the Arab factions and supported by many members of Labor and Meretz. The government firmly rejects attempts of various sources in the world, some anti-Semitic in origin, to question Jerusalem's status as Israel's capital, and the 3,000-year-old special connection between the Jewish people and its capital. To ensure this, the government will continue the firm policies it has adopted until now:

No diplomatic activity will be permitted at Orient House. The government stopped the stream of visits by heads of state and ministers at Orient House, begun under the left-wing government.

The presence of the Israeli police in eastern Jerusalem will be increased. This in addition to the new police posts and reinforcements in the neighborhoods.

The Likud government will act with vigor to continue Jewish habitation and strengthen Israeli sovereignty in the eastern parts of the city, while emphasizing improvements in the welfare and security of the Arab residents. Despite protests from the left, the Likud government consistently approved the continuation of Jewish living within the Old City and in 'City of David'.

The Jordan River as a Permanent Border

The Jordan Valley and the territories that dominate it shall be under Israeli sovereignty. The Jordan river will be the permanent eastern border of the State of Israel. The Kingdom of Jordan is a desirable partner in the permanent status arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians in matters that will be agreed upon.

The following is the link provided at the bottom of the document excerpted above: feedback@knesset.gov.il

 Likud

 

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 And then there was Prime Minister Shamir:

 In a post-election interview with the newspaper Ma'ariv, former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir stated that, if reelected, he would have dragged out the Israeli-Palestinian bilateral talks for ten years while settling a further half a million Jews in the occupied territories, thereby making clear that it was never his intention that these talks should lead to any agreement of any sort. The true intentions of Secretary of State James Baker in accepting the constricted negotiating structures demanded by Mr. Shamir may never be known, although preventing the convening of a U.N.- sponsored "international conference" on Middle East peace, called for by the Security Council just before Operation Desert Storm was unleashed, was almost certainly
high on his list.