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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman "rejected" the foundation on which the negotiations are based, which is "trading captured land for peace. The peace talks "must not be land for peace, but an exchange of land and people," Lieberman told reporters.
His supposed solution is to redraw the border; transferring Israeli-Arabs to Palestinian rule, while incorporating residents of Jewish settlements in the West Bank to be included within Israel's borders.
Lieberman consistently questions the loyalty of Israeli Arabs. He even tried to enact a law that would strip citizenship from people who refuse to sign a loyalty oath.
Yet experts say Israel's demand would compromise the rights of Israeli Arabs, who make up almost 20 percent of Israel's 7.6 million people.
Husam Zomlot, a Palestinian spokesman, said Lieberman's comments were unhelpful to peace efforts.
Lieberman "holds the second-most important position in the Israeli government. Therefore we are extremely discouraged by his remarks," he said. "He is looking for ways to complicate the Middle East conflict with confrontations against the Arab community," said Jafar Farah, Director of the Moussawa advocacy center for the Arab-Palestinian minority in Israel.
If Israeli Jews can't coexist with this minority, then how can they live in peace with the region's 400 million Arabs, he added.
This is yet another ploy by the leaders of Israel to create tensions and disruptions during peace talks in the middle east.
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