Lieberman: I am ready to vacate my own house for peace

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Last update - 06:01 01/03/2009

Lieberman: I am ready to vacate my own house for peace

By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service

Yisrael Beitenu chairman Avigdor Lieberman said in comments published Saturday that he would be ready to vacate his own home for a peace agreement and repeated calls for Israeli Arabs to take loyalty tests.

In an interview published online by the Washington Post, Lieberman said
"We cannot accept that there are people in Israel that even during the war openly supported Hamas."

Lieberman pledged to continue the peace process, saying "We will put things in the right line. Not to start with a final agreement, to step by step. You can't start with Jerusalem or the evacuation of the settlements. You must start with the security and the economy. You must strengthen the Palestinian Authority."

When asked about the loyalty test, which Lieberman had suggested Israeli Arabs should pass in order to be Israeli citizens he replied: "We take all our examples from Europe or the United States. For example, the pledge. When I suggested the exact procedure like in the United States for the pledge, everybody here said, 'You're a racist, you're a fascist.' Why?"

In regard to the recent elections and the current coalition talks Lieberman indicated: "I think I can hold every portfolio - defense, finance and Foreign Ministry. I think personally I'd like the foreign office."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067545.html

[Lithos]

1. Spin

Lieberman is fascist to the core and trying to ameliorate the middle in order to try and overcome the last hurdle to the power he desires.

L-

[geek tragedy]

2. I'm glad Kadima told Bibi to lay down with this guy in public.

Without Kadima, Bibi's #1 partner is Lieberman. The new Israeli government should let the world see it's true face.

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3. I don't see these secular Russians getting along with the ultra-Orthodox

who are making demands from Bibi such as building exclusively ultra-orthodox settlements.

[geek tragedy]

4. They have their hatred of Arabs and Muslims to unite them.

Much like the Republicans here are united by hate.

[Idealism]

5. What a deranged human being n/t