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Israel wants demilitarised Palestine
Imtiaz Gul, the first ever Pakistani journalist to visit Israel, on Thursday described how threat perception had shaped the Israeli mentality and their foreign policy. "It is deeply embedded in their minds that there is threat all around," Gul said while giving his views at a programme, "Impressions and Observations", hosted by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA). Gul, who was on an assignment, termed the experience from getting a visa to extreme security checks that he encountered in Israel as extremely annoying and scary. "It took me six months to get a visa and once I arrived in Tel Aviv, the security checks were intimidating but fortunately an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was there to receive us," he said. He said that Israel wanted a demilitarized Palestinian state and believed Hamas was committed to destroying them. "They want to have permanent borders on their own terms," he added. Posted by: Fred 2006-09-15 |
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