Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Ahmed Qurei (Abu Alaa) is interviewed on the scale of resistance he expects from the Palestinian people if Benjamin Netanyahu pursues settlement expansion, and whether the peace process still exists.
Ahmed Qurei / Shimon Peres / Ehud Barak / Tzachi Hanegbi / Avigdor Kahalani interviews; Part 2 of 2 ISRAEL:INTAhmed Qurei (Abu Alaa) (Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council) interview SOTQ: WHAT IS THE LEAST YOU NEED FROM MR NETANYAHU- We don't want anything against the agreements, we want him to commit himself to the agreement / we decided to look to the settlement on the table of the permanent negotiations; Jerusalem is one of the issues / what we will decide together will be the status of these issues, more than that we can't acceptQ: IF MR NETANYAHU DIDN'T ACCEPT THAT, DO YOU THINK THERE WOULD STILL BE PALESTINIAN PROTESTS ON THE SCALE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT- The Palestinians will defend their rights / if he will move toward this settlement, if not today, tomorrow, if not tomorrow after a week, if not after a week a month, there will be a resistance / but I hope he will make his mind and retreat, cancel, whatever you will call itQ: HOW SERIOUS A RESISTANCE DO YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE- It's the people, I think it will be serious / you know when the people comes to a frustration or feel despair, I think they can resist / because they paid all they can for this peace process; they are patient enough to have this peace process succeed / they give all opportunities to this peace process to succeed / if they feel despair, the situation will be very dangerous / we are still committed to this process / it is our first choice, but not under any circumstances, and not with any price, we want a real peace, comprehensive peace, just peace, this is what we want- If he continues on the settlement's expansion, it will be more dangerous than anything / the agreement will lose its credibility, the people will not trust it, they will also not trust the people working for peace; this is the dangerous thing / the resistance starts today angry and tomorrow who knows how it will escalateQ: THE TONE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT AT THE MOMENT ...
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