Westerners are familiar with Holocaust deniers, but Israel is blessed with those who deny reality completely. They are known as the governing coalition.
Here, the relatively popular Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, has decided to ignore every public utterance of Palestinian leaders in Arabic and deigns to tell them what their "true interests" must theoretically be, as she continues her furious global campaign for a Palestinian state:
"Israel's security must be in the interest of Palestinians and on the foundation of that security, a Palestinian state will be established," said Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York City.
"Just as a strong Palestinian economy is in Israel's interests, so should Israel's safety be in the Palestinian's interests," reiterated Livni during a joint press conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
This Muslim demonstrator in New York City today, celebrating the arrival of Ahmadinejad) seems to disagree: