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Bush: Expansion of settlements hindering peace talks
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Published: 04.01.08, 00:10
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31. #16,17 - I'm not a big fan of Mr. Bush
Michael Steiner   (01.03.08)
But your comments are so wrthless, so out of touch in reality.. Are you all so retarded down and under? Or it's your silly little Q-book teaches you that?
32. #24 Yeah Exactly...
Ibrahim ,   Egypt   (01.03.08)
He is....He should be a good stimulus for real discussions and negotiations of peace process..NOT FAKE...that lead to infinite problems.
33. 9/11 Was an Inside Job!
Mark ,   USA   (01.03.08)
34. #24 Endless Problems for the World!
Mark ,   USA   (01.03.08)
He seems to want a world war!!
35. Bush can only make things worse!
Mark ,   Boston   (01.03.08)
Much Worse!
36. Bush visits Rockets Flying Everywhere
MARK ,   USA   (01.04.08)
What a time for Bush to visit the region? Rockets from the south and east.
37. I really miss the soviet leaders..Bush is midget
Ibrahim ,   Egypt   (01.04.08)
Where is the Soviet Union...where are their heros...where are their strong history.....where are their commuinst party...where is KURSK... all my greeting to the KURSK MAKERS.. I nod to all of them...
38. #30 - You meant glorious Borat, right?
Arthur ,   San Francisco   (01.03.08)
39. Keep Bush out of Middle East..
English GAY ,   London, UK   (01.03.08)
He can't help anyone there.. Israel must continue to settle the land and Arabs must move to the greener pastures!
40. Nothing is hindered
Frank ,   Canada   (01.03.08)
There is no such thing as peace talks, these talks are useless because Arabs don't want peace.
41. impeach bush
z   (01.04.08)
42. Don't you see the pattern?
Iran#1   (01.04.08)
All US presidents tolerate AIPAC and Israeli interference in their affairs until they don't need their money and support anymore and then they start saying what their heart's tell them is the right thing to say with justice in mind. Bush is not any different. You are being used but bottom line they know what Israelis and their supporters all about and they don't like it a bit.
43. #31, Your point being?
lydia ,   Brisbane, Australia   (01.04.08)
Israel is the largest recipient of US subsidy and would cease to exist without it, some $250bil to date. Should America cut off this subsidy, the money could be better spent at home and fewer women and children would need to be murdered because of your illegal land grab of Arab land. Bush, your Lord and Master, who vetoed numerous UN resolutions on your behalf, admits finally that you are an impediment to Peace. If you insist on taking on the Arabs you must do so on your own without our kids continuing to sacrifice their lives in your behalf
44. When George W. Bush first became
Che Vive ,   Ghetto Beach, U.S.A.   (01.04.08)
president it looked like he might treat the Arab/Israeli crisis seriously. That lasted about thirty seconds, then he decided ignore the situation completely for the next several years. Now he's going to have to face facts... when you give Israel, or any other nation, unconditional support you can't ask for anything in return without being laughed at. American support of Israel must be conditional upon Israeli efforts to make peace, and that specifically includes settlement evacuation. Bush's visit is a waste of time, because he won't apply the obvious leverage he has to achieve his goals... a threat to cut off aid if Israel doesn't comply. He's willing to do it to the Palestinians, if the U.S. were half so honest a peace broker between Arabs and Israelis as we claim to be, we'd be willing to exert our leverage to gain compliance from Israel as well. But Bush is typical of U.S. leadership in his intransigence on this issue. The result is predictable... more cheap rhetoric about peacemaking, more settlements, more aid to Israel and no chance of peace at all. Why fly thousands of miles for this? Does the man enjoy being publicly embarrassed? Or did the current Republican presidential candidates just ask him to leave the country during the primary elections so voters wouldn't get a whiff of his stench?
45. 16# Give Australia back Lydia.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (01.04.08)
Tha native people want their lands back, from your hypocritical land grabbing theft also. The Jews are only on land, stolen from them by Muslims, in th efirst place. That definitely can't be said for yourself. Are you going to give the Jews land you stole from the native tribes of Australia? I doubt it. You are a hypocrite, just as guilty as the Arabs, who took land from Jews that didn't belong to them in the first place.
46. Suddenly Israel's great friend is an antiSemite, oh dear!
Chanalau, Tova ,   London, UK   (01.04.08)
Poor little Israel... it will have to find another rich and powerful uncle to protect it. Or maybe Aunty Hillary can be persuaded, hoodwinked, bribed or blackmailed into dishing out the dollars and the bombs once Bush has gone. Funny how everyone ends up hating Israel; the stink emanating from the settlements is too much; no one can stand the stench of Zionist fascism.
47. The future..............
NS ,   Long Island, NY   (01.04.08)
President Bush (and to a lesser extent S. Of State Rice) are in their last year of power. This is called being a "lame duck" president. He is more worried about his legacy than the peace and security of the State of Israel. Israel would be well advised to ignore the visit (be nice of course!) and concentrate on the future President of the United States. It will be with that future President that Israel will have to get serious with. By the way that is sound advice for Abbas as well.
48. Two Democratic states, side by side, ??? Never ! !
Roy c. Hudson ,   Pittsburg USA   (01.04.08)
The PLO is Islam. 100% They will never Burn the Koran, that Book is 100% off the track with a Civll Life in 2008 AD. They have programmed all the Children to Hate the Jews,& Kill as many as they can to please their god according to the Koran book. It is hard to grasp how stupid all the people that think they could ever have a two state living in peace with that two extremes of life style.it is safe to say they will never live in peace in that land. Hey, tell GW to forget it. Roy c. Hudson USA
49. Lydia, wasn't it you who said Jews control Washington?
lobbyist ,   washington, DC   (01.04.08)
hello? cat got your tongue? BTW, Jews don't need "friends;" they just need to be armed to the teeth so they can be prepared to defend themselves against vindictive, bile-spewing evil witches like you.
50. WE JEWS NEED TO STEP UP, ISRAEL NEEDS BETTER LEADERS NOW
David P. ,   Santa Cruz, USA   (01.04.08)
51. J Post headline
herb glatter ,   pittsburgh, pa, usa   (01.04.08)
Bush: ME trip aimed at limiting Iran's influence in region contrast this with Haaretz and YNet headlines, bias in the press?
52. What is going on in here? HATE...please stop.
Robert ,   Upstate, Ny   (01.04.08)
You people are so ignorant to the realities of the world as a whole. You cannot have your cake and eat it to, Israel. Peace works with both sides. The way some of you people are reacting to this is shameful. Shameful in gods eyes! Do not act like this. He is your friend. History will show. He is not saying take away land he is saying, stop taking away more land. Horrible horrible thoughts you have. who is worse.
53. #36
Robert ,   Upstate, Ny   (01.04.08)
and that is what i call bravery my friend. Good for Bush and his alliance with the Middle East. Most everyone talks about him but all can respect a man with courage like that on both sides of the spectrum.
54. Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney
Mark ,   Boston   (01.04.08)
55. Impeach Olmert!
Mark ,   Boston   (01.04.08)
56. bush wants to pleased the arabs before leaving
dovdevan ,   ashdod,israel   (01.04.08)
the white house !there is no doubt bush has adopted the views of rice instead of condemning the katyusha attack on ashkelon he comes to tell us to leave the west bank to give the terrorist a present for their attack !!
57. The kassams,the mortar shells and acts of
jason white ,   afula,israel   (01.04.08)
terrorism are not hindering peace talks? We do not need a puppet of the saudis to tell us what to do. How about abandoning all the "settlements" in Texas and giving it back to Mexico. We had a claim on the liberated territories,but did the U.S. have a claim on Texas and the rest of the southwest? Was that mentioned in the Bible? Do not come bush! We have enough enemies in the knesset and we do not need anther one here!
58. Impeach Mark - #54, #55
Chanalua, Tova ,   London, UK   (01.04.08)
59. #45 Moche Dayan"Palestine belongs to the Arabs"
lydia ,   Brisbane, Australia   (01.04.08)
"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist, not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahlal arose in the place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushu'a in the place of Tal al-Shuman. There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population." He at least admits his intent to rob the Palestinian of their land.
60. 49,Sharon "Don't worry about the US we control the US"
lydia ,   Brisbane, Australia   (01.04.08)
Moshe Dyan puts it more succinctly "Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice."
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