Discussion on Israeli-Palestinian Relations

Many Israelis are troubled by things you said in the past.

For example, you said, or um, um, you led the drafting

and approval of the document in the Shura Council of the Four-Stage Plan of

utilizing civil rights to empower Arab society as a national group, and especially

you said, "Everything that happened since 1948, when all of our land of Palestine

was occupied by gangs of the Zionist movement and the inhabitants of the land

were expelled, and whoever remained remained." Do you no longer think that way?

Listen to me, Amit, each of us goes through a process over the years.

Except for Amit.

I'm Ido, he also went through a process. I attest, he also went through a process,

and you sober up, and you don't just look at the past, you

look to the future.

I'm asking if you retract this statement.

I, I'm telling you this explicitly.

Exactly what he's saying.

Today, I wouldn't say these things.

Today—

Now you think them, not just say them.

Today, I neither say nor think them.

Okay.

I have a document, and I ask you, Amit, to bring this document

and quote from it the "Bridges of Reconciliation and Peace" initiative,

which I wrote and we approved two years ago in the shadow of the war.

Okay.

in which we outline a path of accepting the other, of recognizing

the other: Jewish, Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and all.

And did all your guys say that?

It's accepted, it's an official document.

No, because Walid al-Rashli said—

It's an official document.

Mansour, Mansour. Because Walid al-Rashli said a week ago, "We will raise

the voter turnout in our villages

compared to the settlements," and he didn't mean Ofra, he meant Tel

Aviv and Givatayim. He was talking about Jewish communities.

It's a translation problem, what Arabs say

Mustawtana? Mustawtana?

and how it's translated.

Mustawtana is settlements. No, no, no. Mustawtana is settlements, I know.

Amit, Amit, Amit, listen to me. In this document, you can

quote us talking about mutual recognition, about national rights

of both sides, about, about, uh, uh, in...

of the State of Israel and of the Palestinian side.

But aren't Jews settlers in Tel Aviv?

And that is why I'm telling you, we are part of the State of Israel.

I'm asking if Jews aren't settlers in Tel Aviv. Yes, by the way.

As Walid al-Rashli said. Amit, Amit, Jews are

citizens of the country, and we will live here together.

Okay.

In coexistence, in accepting the other, in recognizing the other's rights.