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Netanyahu from page A18

"a significant step toward solidifying
the sovereignty of [a Palestinian] state."
Former Likud Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir called Netanyahu a "traitor to
the nationalist movemenC
Yossi Beilin, an icon of the left, also
saw the importance of Netanyahu's deci-
sion, but from the opposing point of
view. Beilin said Netanyahu "gave [right-
wing] legitimacy ... to the peace process,
to the idea of territorial concessions, to
the PLO and to Arafat:'
Netanyahu actualized the national
consensus of which Yitzhak Rabin
could only dream. The Knesset had
approved Rabin's Oslo I and II accords
by the narrowest of margins, 61-60 and
61-59, but it overwhelmingly endorsed
Netanyahu's Hebron agreement, 87-17.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb
Erekat said in 1999,"Our differences of
opinion with Netanyahu are not about
whether or not there will be a Palestinian
state but about what its size and borders
will be. That is the trutIC
During his term as prime minister,
Netanyahu also took bold steps on the
Syrian front. Netanyahu says he agreed
"to make concessions in the Golan ...
setting the border 'kilometers' from the
Sea of Galilee." Either way, it was not
what those who saw Netanyahu as an
ideological opponent of territorial corn-

promise expected.
Later, as finance minister under
Sharon, Netanyahu voted four times
in favor of the historic decision to
withdraw all 8,000 Jewish settlers
and all Israeli soldiers from Gaza,
first in a Cabinet vote on June 6, 2004,
and then in Knesset votes on Oct. 26,
2004, and Feb. 16 and March 28, 2005.
Subsequently, Netanyahu split with
Sharon and opposed implementation
of the disengagement plan, but his
objections could hardly be described
as opposition to the basic principle of
withdrawal.
Netanyahu in principle is not opposed
to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Like the majority of the Israeli public, he
believes that "any Palestinian state that
would be formed under the current con-
ditions would become an Iranian state as
we saw happen in Gaza." But this objec-
tion is based on observed Palestinian
behavior rather than principled opposi-
tion to statehood.
When Netanyahu — and the Israeli
public — are persuaded that a real
opportunity for peace exists, the record
shows they will seize the opportunity. ❑

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