Rafi Eitan: ‘Don’t Even Speak’ About Giving up Land

(IsraelNN.com) Pensioners party chairman Rafi Eitan told ministers at a “sensitive” meeting of the security cabinet Wednesday morning not to “even speak about the possibility” of handing over land to the Palestinian Authority, or anyone else at this time.

“As long as there are threats from the East, including (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad in Iran, al-Qaeda (international terrorist organization) and Shi’ite groups in Lebanon and Syria, Israel must not relinquish territories that are vital for its security,” said Eitan, also a member of the security cabinet.

Eitan also urged the government not to withdraw from land in Judea and Samaria unless Israel has acquired, installed and implemented an anti-missile defense system to protect areas that would be placed at risk from rocket attacks launched from PA territory.