The world faces conflicts over values, not territories
November 21, 2006

The minister sounded a clear warning that, "Hamas's leadership is not only a threat to Israel, it's not only a threat to the moderates in Palestinian society, but it can also be a threat and can send the wrong message to the extremists within the moderate Arab states."

FM Tzipi Livni (MFA)

In a wide-ranging address on "The Middle East After the War in Lebanon," Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told London's Institute for Strategic Studies on Monday, November 20, that "The vision of a two-state solution is the common denominator for all of us."

The minister sounded a clear warning that, "Hamas's leadership is not only a threat to Israel, it's not only a threat to the moderates in Palestinian society, but it can also be a threat and can send the wrong message to the extremists within the moderate Arab states."

She also cautioned that, "As long as the extremists have the power to torpedo the chances for peace, we cannot achieve stability in the Middle East."

Refuting conventional wisdom in Europe, Livni declared that, "The conflicts in the Middle East are a consequence, not a cause, of radicalism and terrorism."

For streamed coverage of her address, please click on
http://www.iiss.org.uk/conferences/recent-key-addresses/tzipi-livni-address