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Israel Willing to Make "Serious Territorial Concessions" to Secure Middle East Peace
(Telegraph-UK) David Blair - Israel is willing to make "very serious territorial concessions" in order to achieve peace with the Palestinians, Yuval Steinitz, Israel's intelligence and strategic affairs minister, has told the Daily Telegraph. He added that a "demilitarized" Palestinian state was the "only possible solution" to the conflict. "Both sides will have to make very significant concessions and very difficult concessions. We will probably have to make very serious territorial concessions. And the Palestinians will have to make also both territorial concessions - because there will be settlement blocs - but more important still they will have to recognize the very existence of the Jewish people and the Jewish state," said Steinitz. "If we reach an end-of-conflict peace agreement with the Palestinians, we will have a referendum. I can tell you, I am confident that most Israelis will support it....But on one condition: that Israelis will be totally convinced that what we are getting in return is genuine, enduring peace and real security."