Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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TIME: And if a Palestinian could see you for what you really...
Netanyahu: I think they would regard me as a person who believes deeply in the necessity of peace and that we don't have another partner other than the Palestinian Authority. I think that any Palestinian mother reading this should understand that I am as deeply conscious of her pain of losing her child as I am of a Jewish mother...
TIME: Has your understanding of the Palestinian view improved...
Netanyahu: It seems to me that the Palestinians are suffering from two main burdens. One is the economic burden that is a function of the security situation, especially the closure [of Israel to Palestinian workers]. I explained to Arafat that the degree of closure is directly related to the degree that he fulfills his security obligations...
Secondly, it has been said in an unending chorus, not only in Palestinian circles but throughout the Arab world, that Netanyahu doesn't want peace. And if it's repeated often enough, it assumes the aura of self-evident truth. It is false...