Lieberman: If Hosni can't come to Israel, he can go to Hell

[Israel Insider]

Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Israel Beitenu party, spoke for many Israelis when he reamed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday, saying that if he does not care to visit Israel, he can "go to hell." Despite Israel's chilly peace treaty with Egypt, Mubarak has never deigned to make a diplomatic visit to the Jewish State.

Lieberman was speaking at a Knesset memorial session marking the seventh anniversary of former Minister Rehavam Ze'evi's murder by Palestinian terrorists. Ze'evi, widely known as "Ghandi", favored transferring non-Jews from Judea and Samaria out of Israel and ensuring the territorial integrity of the land of Israel.

"The state of Israel is Jewish by definition. Whoever is not willing to accept this definition has no place in this house or for that matter in any other house, from Metula to Eilat," he said. "Gandhi would never agree to the self effacing attitude of Israel vis-à-vis Egypt. Time after time we went to see Mubarak in Egypt - he never agreed to come here in an official capacity as president."

"Every self-respecting [Israeli] leader," Lieberman said, would expect and demand a reciprocal visit when making one on his own. "He wants to talk with us? Let him come here; he doesn't want to talk with us - let him go to hell."

As if to confirm the veracity of Lieberman's observation, President Shimon Peres stuck his tongue firmly into Mubarak's posterior. He expressed his disappointment with the MK's comments and rushed to phone the Egyptian leader to reassure him that Lieberman's words did not reflect Israeli policy.

The president's office also issued an apology: "The state of Israel has great respect for President Mubarak and for his country for their important role in promoting peace in the area, as well as for their brave efforts and unrelenting efforts in this issue. Israeli-Egyptian relations are composed of many matters… and are based on mutual respect and a single declaration will not implicate this deep relationship."

Peres was apparently misusing the word implicate. Perhaps he just liked the "lick" part.

[Robert Bernier]

Israeli-egyptian “peace treaty”.
Technically, Israel has peace with Egypt, and many point to this treaty are seen as a great accomplishment which enabled an end to war. It should be noted, however, that Israel has not been to war with Syria in equally as long, despite the lack of such a treaty. Is it really a piece of paper that prevented war, or more likely is it the inability to wage war successfully at this time? It is reasonable to ask what the treaty with Egypt is worth—and more to the point how long it can last—when men like Mohammed el-Katatny of Mubarak’s National Democracy Party openly declare “Nothing will work with Israel except for a nuclear bomb that wipes it out of existence.” To know more : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/03/should-egypt-embrace-irans-overtures.html