Netanyahu promises "peace negations"?

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Monday April 06, 2009 11:20

by Lemuel Gulliver IV

Typo may reveal unconscious truth re Zionism

In a report published in the Irish Times print and Web editions on Thursday 2 April, Mark Weiss in Jerusalem tells us that Israel’s new prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, will pursue peace "negations" on three levels. Not peace negotiations, but "peace negations".

Is the coining of this new term the work of the reporter's automatic spell checker, or is it a Freudian slip that reveals an unconscious truth about Netanyahu's attitude to peace with the Palestinians?

The article is entitled: "New Israeli minister says peace concessions cause wars" - a paradox reminiscent of the slogans on the wall of the Ministry of Truth, in George Orwell's novel 1984: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.

But the most interesting paragraph reads as follows:
"Israel’s new prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, who opposes a two-state solution, stressed in a speech to the Knesset on Tuesday that Israel does not seek to rule over the Palestinians and will pursue peace negations on three levels: economic, political and security."

Clarification is needed: Will Netanyahu put a stop to the demolition of Palestinian homes and the construction of Zionist settlements on Palestinian lands, or does he really intend to pursue "peace negations" at every level?