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By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu – “Israel is the only country that has guaranteed freedom of all faiths in Jerusalem, which must remain undivided, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Congress Tuesday. In unusually strong language, he told the Congressmen that Judea and Samaria is part of the ancient Jewish homeland and that ‘we are not ‘occupying’ the region.’

Interrupted rerated by standing ovations, he also said that there are 300 million Arabs, but the only ones who are free are Israeli citizens.” Read more.

Israel to Palestinians: ditch Hamas, UN state bid – “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outlining his peace vision on Tuesday, urged the Palestinian leadership to shun Islamist group Hamas and shelve efforts to win U.N. statehood status unilaterally. ‘I say to President Abbas ‘Tear up your pact with Hamas and sit down and negotiate, make peace with the Jewish state…'” Read more.

PM: We won’t negotiate with Palestinian version of al-Qaida – “Israel will not, he said, ‘negotiate with a Palestinian government, which is backed by a Palestinian version of al-Qaida,’ he said referring to Hamas after noting that they condemned the US killing of Osama bin Laden. Hamas, he noted, is not a partner for peace. It ‘remains committed to Israel’s destruction and to terrorism. They have a charter, it calls not only for the destruction of Israel, it says: kill the Jews.'” Read more.