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Rice seeks Israeli 'clarification' on land grab
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Published: 12.10.07, 00:23
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31. Who does this tart think she is?
(10.12.07)
Cheeky bugger
32. Condi Rice go to hell!
Avraham ,   Netivot   (10.12.07)
33. #1-3, 11,12,14,15,17,19 Surpris! Condi is gentile, the same
observer   (10.12.07)
as Bolton. Write to AIPAC to put their trust in: Christian evangelicals like Gary Bauer, Jerry Falwell, Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson, Dick Armey and Tom DeLay... As for Jews they are not trusted anymore!
34. Condi, You were supposed to vetoe the criticism
observer   (10.12.07)
Since 1982, the United States has vetoed 32 United Nations Security Council resolutions that were critical of Israel, a number greater than the combined total of vetoes cast by all the other Security Council members together. For start, I propose Rice call it appropriation - as Y net said - not expropriation of Arab land.
35. Israel's Future Lies in The Negev not in Occupied West Bank
Schlomo Joe ,   Planet Earth   (10.12.07)
Condi needs to tell Olmert that unless he freezes all settlement activity and starts destroying illegal outposts the US will support UN sanctions against Israel and cut off all aid. The US simply cannot allow the Israelis to once again derail the peace process by openly stealing Palestinian land, expanding illegal settlements and trying to start a war with Syria. Israel's future lies in the Negev, so that is where Israel should be building permanent homes for the parts of Israel's own civilian population that were transferred onto land Israel held under belligerent occupation so they can finally begin to make the desert bloom.
36. Condi
invicta ,   Europa   (10.12.07)
Now, I am no fan of Bush's gang but hold back on the criticism a bit. The criticism is pretty mild especially compared to what Iran is receiving and compared to what Iraq got (and is getting). I presume all of you who scream - US don't meddle in Israel's affairs - won't mind if the US uses it's soldiers and money to meddle in Iran's affairs? Will you protest against that?
37. #27 Gus
Jeremy ,   USA   (10.12.07)
You need to come back to reality! God didn't give the land to the Jews, because there is no such thing as God. It's an invention by mankind. Second, the Jews of today, have nothing in common other than, that they claim to be Jewish. The vast number of Jews today are of European decent. So basically, you are not taking back land, but are stealing it from the native people...the Palestinians.
38. USA and Israel
Truth ,   Melbourne   (10.12.07)
Before telling Rice to shut up, Israelis should think about their paymaster. Their jet planes, helicopters and even buldozers are US supplied. USA gives Israel about $ 5 billion every year, in addition to loan guarantees and the $ 30 billion in military aid. Where would Israel be without the USA ?
39.  Mexicans seek American clarifiaction on land grab
Yoav Naor ,   Haifa Israel   (10.13.07)
This clarification is long overdue. You can't trust Gringos
40. #29 Chonny
Marcel ,   Florida   (10.12.07)
DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THE US AND ISRAEL! ??? The U, S. Presdident has decided to steal Israel's land and reward it to ISLAMIC terrorists and you go along like another of many useful idiots. America is fast losing all of her friends and allies because of her imperialistic arrogance. What goes around comes around . Soon the U.S. will be divided and in civil war because of the evil we have done against Israel which you justify , mr. phony hypocrite.
41. she wants 'clarification' - i'll explain it
avi ,   ny, ny   (10.12.07)
its our land and we will do what ever we want to do with it. -thanx
42. Uncle Sam CAN'T bail us out any more
Karen R ,   USA   (10.12.07)
The right wing doesn't want peace - it just wants to hang on until their Moshiach comes. (Funny kind of Moshiach - one who encourages beating people up, uprooting trees, stealing land ... not _my_ Mashiach, or our grandfathers' either). The problem is, they're relying on the US to come and save them if the going gets rough, and the US can't. It's got its own unmanageable war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Who are they going to send to help us, when they can't even keep their own officers in after a few tours of duty? The right wing is gambling with Israel's survival, and that is criminal even beyond the simple theft of land.
43. Condi's Strategy?
Robert ,   New Jersey, USA   (10.12.07)
Whoa! Condi hasn't gone off the deep end. I posit that there is a method in the apparent madness. Like good chess players, Condi and the present US administration are thinking many moves ahead of you. While you boil over about this request for 'clarification' on a 'land grab,' think that this is but a pawn in the strategy of ensuring a strong victory for Likud in the coming elections. Outrage the conservatives to ensure strong voter turnout on the right. It worked in the US to defeat the leftist John Kerry on 2004. It will have the same effect in Israel, intended or not! The US is still your stalwart friend and will remain so unless Hillary fools enough gullible voters into electing her. Then, Israel...you're on your own!
44. #20 STOP US AID TO ISRAEL=STOP US CONTROL OF ISRAEL
Jabadini ,   Jerusalem,Israel   (10.13.07)
Firstly this money is military aid to by arms mostly from the US according to the deal made. None of the money is used for the settlers. THis aid helps create jobs in US and imporve the image of its arms industry where even though Israel companies have better technology Israel still buys from the US because the aid must be spent there. STOP US AID TO ISRAEL.= STOP US CONTROL OF ISRAEL. ENough is enough Israel is its own country and every move the US makes us do leads closer to destruction. Example include leaving lebanon before the job was done, freeing terrorists where soldiers have died capturing them, The Phili corridor between Gaza and Egypt leading to a Hamas army. Not bui9lding on the E1 corridor even though it was planned many years ago. Its logical to build a road from WB to Gaza going through Israel for the Palis so the same should be for Maale Adumim which is mostly built on land not owned by anyone.
45. #24 No, you cut the to-be corridor between Gaza & Jerusalem
observer   (10.12.07)
46. #43 robert
Marcel ,   Florida   (10.13.07)
what are you smoking ?
47. Rice accuses Iran of lying
Nora ,   Tel Aviv   (10.13.07)
Well ,well ,well.....when is the duel? No duel?....Only cheap talk?
48. 35
zionist forever   (10.14.07)
Joe As soon as Israel turns the Negev from anything but a desert then the arabs will be making a land grab of that as well. They will create an excuse of why it should be given to the arabs and we will have more fighting. The Golan Heights in 1967 was an overgrown Syrian minefield but today its a profitable paradise. Land captured from Egypt was wither developed as tourist resorts or Israeli companies drilled and found oil in the Sinai. Israel allways seems to do the hard work of making worthless land desirable land which the arabs want. Before zionism whats today Jordan and Israel was mainly wasteland Mark Twain which nobody wanted then the jews bought the place for over the odds prices the arabs laughed at them thought they had got one over on the jews who had just paid a fortune for worthless desert then they made the place fertile and desirable and the arabs started fighting over it. They didnt want it when they were controling it the jews made it a place they wanted so arabs fought the jews to try take it.
49. out!
Eduardo ,   Croatia   (10.14.07)
kicked out of Europe....again
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