Many should find this interesting. From Feb 2005 ...note the comments on Sharon. Makes you wonder if he was 'removed'.
Considering the political climate we have today, this is rather fitting.
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EIR: Do you think Sharon is in the process of making the kind of change that Rabin made?
Rabbi Hertzberg: Nobody is in the process of making any changes that we can be specific about. But, he is in the process of saying, "I cannot sit on Gaza. And I cannot ultimately sit on the West Bank, except maybe I could chisel a little bit here or there. I have got to accept the idea, that the Palestinians are here to stay." And that is an important acceptance.
I don't know what the shape of the peace, that he may block out, will be. It's going to come after a lot of back and forth, with his Palestinian partners—and yes, with the United States. But, something is happening which we did not predict.
EIR: I know the last time we spoke [EIR, April 23, 2004], you said—
Rabbi Hertzberg: I was very, very angry.
EIR: Yes. You said, he and Bush would burn in Hell.
Rabbi Hertzberg: Well, obviously, he is going to burn on a much gentler fire.
EIR: Aha! So, you've lowered the temperature on Sharon.
Rabbi Hertzberg: I don't know where Bush is going—yet.
But, Sharon obviously—. I wrote somewhere in the last several months, that Sharon has adopted, essentially, the position of the Labor Party: that the Palestinians are here to stay. Let's see what kind of deal that the majority of Israel could live with, we can make with them. I think that's what's going on, at the moment.
EIR: Many American Jews think that the survival of Israel depends on supporting a tough stand against terrorists who kill Jews, and that there's no Palestinian partner for peace. What do you say to them?
Rabbi Hertzberg: If you support that attitude toward Israel, then you are going to have war forever. There is no opportunity for peace, and, at the end of it, you are outnumbered.
As a matter of fact, Sharon has come around to understanding that there has to be a two-state solution, that there has to be some decent equality for the Palestinians, and that most of Israel understands that. There is now a stable two-to-one majority in Israel for a Palestinian state. And as a matter of fact, Sharon has moved to that majority, and he is now having trouble with his own Likud Party, which is split because he is too reasonable in their view, and he has turned too liberal.
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