Israeli Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman launched on Monday morning an incitement campaign against Palestinians in Umm al-Fahm within the Green Line.
In an interview with Israeli radio Lieberman said “there is no reason whatsoever that the residents of Umm Al-Fahm who identify as Palestinians should continue to be citizens of Israel.”
Lieberman emphasized that he was not endorsing the traditional formula of land-for-peace promoted by advocates of a two-state solution.
He also argued that an arrangement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority would only be a small part of a larger regional agreement with moderate Arab states.
Lieberman’s statements came to defend his plan of land exchange which aims at bringing Jewish settlement in occupied West Bank under Israel sovereignty while transferring large Arab population communities within the Green Line to the Palestinian Authority.
