The day following the Hardtalk show with Hamas spokesman Mahmoud A-Zahar (mentioned elsewhere in today's news), the same interviewer (Tim Sebastian) asked Yisrael Medad of the Yesha community of Shilo if he would agree, in exchange for a lasting peace agreement, to leave his home or to dismantle his community. Medad's response:
"The Arabs would continue to live in the Jewish state, according to the agreement that you’re talking about, so why should Jews have to leave this area? If the assumption is that Jews and Arabs can't live together, then how is it that Arabs will continue to live in Be'er Sheva, Haifa, and other areas in pre-'67 Israel, while we would have to leave?"
"The Arabs would continue to live in the Jewish state, according to the agreement that you’re talking about, so why should Jews have to leave this area? If the assumption is that Jews and Arabs can't live together, then how is it that Arabs will continue to live in Be'er Sheva, Haifa, and other areas in pre-'67 Israel, while we would have to leave?"