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Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman. (Daniel Bar On/Jini) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 16:23 28/10/2007 Lieberman sets party 'red lines' ahead of summit By Mazal Mualem and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service As Israel prepares to stake out its negotiating position opposite the Palestinians as part of the upcoming Annapolis peace summit, Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) is due to present a list of demands, or "red lines", to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday detailing his party's conditions for remaining in the government. Lieberman, who one week ago declared that his faction would quit Olmert's coalition should the two sides negotiate over the "core issues" of the conflict, will propose the deployment of NATO forces in the Palestinian territories in the event the Palestinian Authority's security appratus are unable to snuff out terrorism. The minister's document also includes a sketch of the future borders of Jerusalem, specifically stipulating that Mt. Zion would remain under Israeli sovereignty. On the issue of refugees, Israel will not recognize the Palestinian "right of return" nor will it grant a symbolic repatriation of a limited number of refugees, Lieberman's document states. Advertisement The document, which was formulated jointly by Lieberman and Yisrael Beiteinu MK Israel Hasson, states that the final status agreement with the Palestinians must be based on a territorial exchange and mutual recognition of the need for two separate nation-states, according to Army Radio. As such, Lieberman demands that any future deal signed with the Palestinians would include sole Israeli sovereignty over the holy sites in Jerusalem, Army Radio reported. "As long as there are no negotiations on the core issues, there's no problem with staying in the government," Lieberman told Army Radio. "But we will not accept a situation where we have a serious discussion on the matter. If the conference lists the problems between the two sides, we have no problem with that, but as long as the Palestinians have not met their obligations to fight terror, it is wrong to move to the next stage and hold talks on the core issues." Lieberman told Army Radio that the continued Qassam rocket fire from the Gaza Strip precludes substantive negotiations. "We have an American and a Palestinian commitment [which states] that any discussion on diplomatic matters [is contingent upon] the Palestinian Authority fighting terrorism, dismantling terrorist organizations, and establishing a unified security agency," Lieberman told Army Radio. "In the meantime, the Palestinians are just trying to wiggle out of these commitments." Olmert's ministers continued to weigh in on what precisely Israel should expect from the summit. "The international peace conference in Annapolis is not an experimental labaratory and the Israelis are not guinea pigs," Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told a gathering organized by the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC in Philadelphia on Saturday night. The summit, Dichter continued, should build "the corridor that will enable both sides to finally enter phase A of the road map, with all its implications for Israel and the Palestinians." Related articles: Rice consults Clinton, Carter in run-up to Annapolis summit Israel: Any deal with PA based on road map Rice says 2-state solution in Middle East in jeopardy Bookmark to del.icio.us 6 years on Officials say Syria's suspected reactor was under construction in 2001. Nyet to aliyah The minister was wrong: Nativ's tactics simply aren't suited to today's Jewish village.   1.   Why is Mr Leiberman panicking? 10:46  |  Maureen Ann 28/10/07   2.   GOOD JOB 10:58  |  BOB KING 28/10/07   3.   ISRAEL IS GOING TO EXPLODE 12:15  |  VIPER 28/10/07   4.   How come A. Lieberman and B. Elon 13:06  |  Khalil Ishabib 28/10/07   5.   Exit 13:15  |  Esther 28/10/07   6.   Khalil Ishabib You are two faced 13:26  |  Steven 28/10/07   7.   What about red line of having an ethnic cleanser in government? 13:43  |  Michael 28/10/07   8.   Cruising on the road to the precipice 13:47  |  Brod 28/10/07   9.   LIBERMAN WANTS TO KEEP HIS POST,SO HE REFUSES INCONVENIENT ISSUES 13:52  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 28/10/07   10.   Only When 14:07  |  JJ 28/10/07   11.   #4 - Khalil, you should really check your facts first 14:11  |  JES 28/10/07   12.   Avi and Annapolis! 14:16  |  sandra chitayat 28/10/07   13.   The key to any continuation of a meaningful discussion about the 14:18  |  Ruti 28/10/07   14.   Khalil: Lieberman emigrated to Israel in 1978! 14:30  |  Avi 28/10/07   15.   Israel has a problem 14:31  |  Lori 28/10/07   16.   Delay & never ending tactics 15:03  |  A Bethlehemite 28/10/07   17.   So now we hear what we knew for years anyway... 15:23  |  Don Camillo 28/10/07   18.   Khlil Ishabib, Yaser Arafat was an Egyptian, Naif Hawatmeh is a 15:27  |  Dani 28/10/07   19.   To Ruti 15:34  |  David James Vickery 28/10/07   20.   Very Good Points, No 16 16:08  |  Abe 28/10/07   21.   peace 16:15  |  zey 28/10/07   22.   Lieberman draws red lines 16:21  |  I.Kemp 28/10/07   23.   to Zey re: land and bombs 16:56  |  David James Vickery 28/10/07   24.   Strange bedfellows.... 17:21  |  Giles Martin 28/10/07   25.   LIEBERMAN THE COOKY NUT 17:47  |  Benjamin Alon 28/10/07   26.   #3 Say Viper 17:48  |  ballistic 28/10/07   27.   Say Avi 17:54  |  ballistic 28/10/07   28.   Cease your prattle and go 18:09  |  Shelley 28/10/07   29.   #1 - this is the first time that I`ve been pleased with him since 19:50  |  redmike 28/10/07   30.   #25 - nobody that gets to Lieberman`s position is dumb 19:56  |  redmike 28/10/07   31.   Liebermans lines 13:40  |  joe 29/10/07

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