EDITH KURZWEIL
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TK.:
Not the entire West Bank. We have to draw frontiers that are
necessary for our security, but not an inch more. The promise of God to
Abraham that is now being implemented by this government didn't
come with a timetable . It could be in a thousand years. Now it is to our
detriment and not to our advantage.
EK:
Do you think that the government will change now that they've
upped the one and a half percent necessary to elect a member of the
Knesset?
TK.:
We'll see what happens. Basically, Israel is a country for the Jews,
and I think whoever can come should come. If an individual doesn't
want to come it's his decision. Everybody has to make up his own mind.
I would hope that a great many more Jews will come. I think the Israeli
government's policy of spending money on the West Bank instead of
creating jobs for new immigrants is a serious mistake.
EK:
I gather that the religious parties have a great deal of influence on
this government.
TK: I don't think the religious parties are the ones who are pressing for
settling the West Bank. They are not that active. There are some reli–
gious people who believe in this, but it's not the ultra-religious parties
who are wishing for it.
EK:
On a totally different level,
I
guess this is a compliment to you, I
note that every time
I
get to Jerusalem, there seems to be something new
that wasn't there before. This time
I
was on the promenade. That's a
fantastic place from which to see Jerusalem, which now is the most
spectacular city in the world, more so than Paris and London.
TK: It's become a very beautiful city. Tell people
to
come and see what
we're doing.
EK:
I will. Thank you.
May 5, 1992
