[FrontPageMagazine] Daniel Pipes - Lieberman intends to "act exactly" according to the letter of the Roadmap. "I will never agree to our waiving all the clauses...and going directly to the last clause, negotiations on a permanent settlement.... We will adhere to it to the letter, exactly as written. Clauses one, two, three, four - dismantling terrorist organizations, establishing an effective government, making a profound constitutional change in the Palestinian Authority....We are also obligated to implement what is required of us in each clause, but so is the other side." Given that the formal name of the Roadmap is "A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," I confess myself puzzled by the news reports declaring that Lieberman has pronounced the end of the two-state solution. The writer is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
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