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Netanyahu: "I Negotiate with an Enemy Who Wants to Stop Being My Enemy"

(CNN) Fareed Zakaria - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday: "All the Arab states identify, as we do, these twin challenges of a nuclear Iran and the radical Sunnis making inroads into Sunni states. And they recognize that it imperils their societies....So we share the common interest to address those dangers. My hope is that we can pivot on this to a productive relationship and also to advance a realistic Palestinian-Israeli peace." "I have no desire to govern the Palestinians, none whatsoever. But at the same time, I don't want...an Iranian state, a third Iranian enclave around Israel's borders. And I think the solution lies in long-term security arrangements that involve Israel for a protracted period of time." Q: Are you saying that you will never negotiate with Hamas? "I negotiate with an enemy who wants to stop being my enemy. That's how you make peace. An enemy who wants to destroy you, who remains committed to your obliteration, is not someone you can negotiate with. You don't negotiate with al-Qaeda. You don't negotiate with this latter-day Caliph, with Baghdadi, because these people want to destroy you. As long as Hamas remains committed to our destruction, what's there to negotiate?"
2014-10-06 00:00:00
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