Danish pols: Israel needs to choose between apartheid and democracy

It's been hard to blog at all for quite a while now, but hope blooms eternal.

Anyway, here's a random bit of good news from Denmark for a change, taken from the English edition of the leading Danish daily, Politiken:

Three former Danish foreign ministers – Uffe Ellemann Jensen (Lib), Mogens Lykketoft (SocDem) and Niels Helveg Petersen (Soc. Lib) have issued an unusually harsh criticism of Israel in a joint commentary in Berlingske Tidende.

“Israelis must choose between being a democratic country with a Jewish majority within 1967 borders, or an undemocratic, Jewish state with apartheid-like conditions,” the three write.

The three former ministers say that the main reason for intransigence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is: “the 43-year Israeli occupation that robs the Palestinians of their freedom of movement”.

“While Abbas in words and actions has shown that he has the will for peace, Netanyahu speaks with a forked tongue. If Netanyahu wants peace with the Palestinians, he must make that clear,” the three former foreign ministers say, adding that increased pressure should be put on Israel.  [MORE]

See this if you find the "forked tongue" charge counterintuitive.