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Source: http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/PMSpeaks/speechjewish091109.htm
Israel Seeks a Peace Treaty with the Palestinians Soon
[Prime Minister's Office] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington on Nov. 9: "We need to move towards peace with a sense of urgency and a sense of purpose....My goal is not to have endless negotiations. My goal is not negotiations for negotiations sake. My goal is to reach a peace treaty, and soon." "The Palestinians...must abandon the fantasy of flooding Israel with refugees, give up irredentist claims to the Negev and Galilee, and declare unequivocally that the conflict is finally over." "Israel is powerful but small. No matter where our final borders are drawn, Israel will remain exceedingly small....The Arab world is 500 times the size of Israel....Jordan, our neighbor to the east, is almost four times as big." "Because of our small size and the radical and violent neighborhood in which we live, Israel faces security threats like that of no other nation....Israel's security therefore requires that any territory vacated in a future peace agreement must be effectively demilitarized....We have to ensure that weapons do not flow into the Palestinian areas in the West Bank, which overlooks Tel Aviv and surrounds Jerusalem." "The UN report on Gaza, which falsely accuses Israel of war crimes for legitimately defending itself against real war criminals, in effect seeks to deprive us of the right of self-defense....Only an Israel that can defend itself is an Israel that can take further risks for peace."