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Peres warns settlements could end Jewish statePresident says Israel needs solid Jewish majority to remain physical and spiritual center of Jewish lifeBy AARON KALMAN July 10, 2012, 9:37 pm 3

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are a danger to Israel and threaten its long-term status as a center of Jewish life, President Shimon Peres said Tuesday evening.

Speaking at an annual ceremony in memory of Theodor Herzl, Peres warned that Jews who settle in heavily populated Arab areas of the West Bank could lead Israel to a situation in which “it’s doubtful [the country] would remain Jewish.”

Such actions, the president said, would have “grave” demographic import.

It’s questionable whether a country without a Jewish majority “could remain Jewish,” Peres explained.

Peres said that in a democratic world one needed a national majority to maintain a nation state, and added that in a world of many cultures, it was important “to safeguard the Jewish people’s unique spirit.”

When Herzl said “If you will it, it is no dream,” he didn’t mean one should give up the dream, the president said. “With no vision there cannot be a Jewish state,” he added, noting that Jews could not fulfill historic Judaism without a historic vision.

“Herzl offered his nation a vision. His vision was for the long term,” Peres continued. A Jewish state must be a safe place for the Jewish people over time, he said, “and the center of the nation’s spiritual life.”

On Sunday, a panel headed by retired Supreme Court justice Edmund Levy issued a report recommending the legalization of most of the unauthorized Jewish outposts in the West Bank. The 89-page legal opinion was written at the behest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The report concludes that the establishment of settlements in the West Bank does not breach international law, and that Jews can legally make their homes there. It states that “Israel does not meet the criteria of ‘military occupation’ as defined under international law” in the West Bank, and that the settlements and outposts are therefore legal. The report was immediately slammed by the political left, including by attorney Talia Sasson, who wrote a report reaching very different conclusions for prime minister Ariel Sharon.

Gabe Fisher contributed to this report.

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