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fyi, netanyahu signed follow up to oslo agreements, he handed over more areas of west bank to PA and he voted for disengagement from Gaza. He also expressed support for 2 state solution. Gaza disengagement was voted for and executed by Likud.

The only one who pursued 2 state solution is Israel.



There is a video from 2001 of Netanyahu explaining in private (he didn't know he was being filmed) exactly how he intentionally sabotaged the Oslo peace process during the 1990s.[0]

> he handed over more areas of west bank to PA

As Netanyahu explains in the video, he only handed over a small piece of territory, in exchange for a letter from the US saying that Israel could define "security zones" in the West Bank that would remain under Israeli control. That allowed Netanyahu to declare everything a security zone, blocking all future withdrawals. Netanyahu boasts in the video that he gave up a tiny piece of land to end the piece process and prevent there from ever being a Palestinian state.

In the years since, Netanyahu has repeatedly boasted that he's the one who prevented the creation of a Palestinian state. The founding charter of his party literally says that everything from the river to the sea should be Israel.

0. https://youtu.be/UzA04I3klkY?si=-Lm0ey7dsJSsWzZ5


He didn't sabotage oslo peace process he found a loophole that allowed him not to withdrawal from some of the territory in west bank prior to final settlement of borders.

video from 2001. Bibi is not PM for 2 years already, and in 2000 there was camp david which could give palestinians state (they refused it, and started intifada instead). there were more negotiations that palestinians refused.

bibi boasting about something ? sure he does. he wants to appeal to electors. doesn't mean that he sabotaged anything.

and on topic of killing oslo peace process, i'll suggest you this lovely document from just after camp david that describes how palestians worked on implementing it: http://israelvisit.co.il/BehindTheNews/WhitePaper.htm . and in general to review second intifada


> He didn't sabotage oslo peace process he found a loophole that allowed him not to withdrawal from some of the territory in west bank prior to final settlement of borders.

He literally says in the video that that loophole enabled him to sabotage the entire peace process. Netanyahu has always opposed any "final settlement of borders." He does not accept the idea of a Palestinian state in any form, in any borders. Refusing to implement the agreed-upon withdrawals was a way of making sure the Oslo peace process would break down.

> video from 2001. Bibi is not PM for 2 years already

In the video, Netanyahu is describing what he did as Prime Minister.

> bibi boasting about something ? sure he does. he wants to appeal to electors. doesn't mean that he sabotaged anything.

"Don't believe your lying eyes and ears." Netanyahu is on video (which he doesn't know) candidly describing how he intentionally derailed the peace process. He's said throughout his career that he opposes a Palestinian state. He campaigned viciously against Rabin for signing Oslo. His party's charter explicitly rejects the 2-state solution. But you want me to believe that despite all that, Netanyahu actually supports the 2-state solution?




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