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Blair: Netanyahu will back establishment of Palestinian state
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 10.04.09, 09:16
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1. BLAIR THE ANTI-SEMITE STRIKES AGAIN
(04.10.09)
2. BLAIR ! HOW MANY AFGHANS HAVE U KILLED ?!
mma guy   (04.10.09)
SO shut up !
3. the notion that islam's woes are israel's
jason ,   israel   (04.10.09)
responsibiliity, as blair seems to implicate, is wholly wrong and unfair, as it has always been. aside from the political question of arab-israel relations, and the palestinian arab issue, islam is going through a period of stagnation, its extremists joyfully using israel as an effective rallying tool to impose their agenda on the moderates. it is up to islam to reform islam, not israel! the world must say, how do you justify oppression of your people in egypt, jordan, iraq, iran, EVERY arab state, for the cause of palestine? it is an empty, bankrupt ploy and the very cause of this endless stagnation in our time.
4. the british crap continues.....
frank ,   usa   (04.10.09)
5. All we need is TRULY STRONG UN for brother fights and rest
Atilla Karagözoğlu   (04.10.09)
UN = United Nations The Third Party *** does it possible to build it ? lets change the question ! do I believe that we will have it in this century ? lets change this question too. *** I THINK WE CANT BUILD A GLOBAL JUSTICE IN WORLD. *** to truly understand this world, today and the history of world ! that will rape your hopes ! ONLY SLOW MINDS MAY HAVE HOPE FOR ALL. Yes ! me is not slow mind :) I HAVE NO HOPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :)
6. Pure Fluff!
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem Israel   (04.10.09)
7. Action when dealing with Israel, not words
American   (04.10.09)
International boycott of Israel with all manner of sanctions is a good starting point. It is coming to this anyway, but why not speed it up?
8. Blair has converted to catholicism!
Karl ,   Gothenburg   (04.10.09)
That`s why he goes against the Bible and does not see God`s will with Israel.
9. The Land of Israel for the People of Israel
Yehudi ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (04.10.09)
There is no justification for setting up an Arabic state on any part of the Land of Israel.
10. mr blair, suppose arabs in your country would riot unless
a secular jew   (04.10.09)
you give them land, just because they have been in england for generations, what would you do? moslems are immigrating to britain the same way they immigrated to palestine in the past. if you are such a humanitarian, create another country for them in britain, before you press on other countries to do so. jews are the indigenous people of palestine and israel. they were a minority through the centuries because those who were ruling the land didn't permit their population growth, this is why moslem still think it is theirs, because moslems kept the jewish minority ratio. arabs lived in cities that jews and cnaanites built (all cnaanite clans dissapeared because they became a part of the jews in this region, long before roman expulsion. only jews remained from pre christian times). hence jews are the indigenous people of those cities. infact the only city arabs created is ramla. jews returned to the place they came from. it's such a tiny country, and as repeated in history, jews are faced with the situation where others want their land. if you press jews to give up land, you shall restrict their population growth, is that what you want mr. blair? arab population growth is obvious, anywhere. arabs obviously prosper more when they live away from their regimes. so why they covet israel? because they want to destroy the jewish ruling in it. they won't stop at that, despite your uppeasing methods. it is obvious to all including you, and yet, you think you are a humanitarian. arab moslems should realize they have land to spare, which is true. they should provide space for their arab moslem brethren, instead of creating another tiny country, for the sake of making israel even smaller. so jews must defend their tiny country, instead of giving a half of it. you must see that. israel shall allways give free access to moslem holly places.
11. With whom would Israel sign such a deal?
Eric   (04.10.09)
Get real, until there is an empowered Palestinian government why should Israel want to agree to peace?
12. Tony Blair...
Juan ,   Spain   (04.10.09)
... thinks he can use the model for (false) peace from Northern Ireland in the Middle east. How wrong can he be? Does he not understand the Hamas Charter, or the objectives of Fatah (Alias P.L.O.)? How on earth did he get that job?
13. no historical precedent for this
ari   (04.10.09)
this is chamberlainesque nonsense. the thing that would 'boost' moderates is (unfortunately) decisive military defeat of radicals leading to their philosophy being discredited (ie destruction of hezbollah in lebanon...)
14. "Peace will boost moderates"
DT ,   TA Israel   (04.10.09)
Dream on !
15. Tony Blair's Delusion
NYC Girl   (04.10.09)
You mean peace will boost "moderates" like it did in Gaza? After all, it's not as if we don't already have a model for what happens when Israel hands over territory to the Palestinians on a silver platter.
16. Blair: No way!
ex US   (04.10.09)
Tell that to your muslim buddy in america.
17. Twitterings of a True Twit
Roscio ,   Rome, Italy   (04.10.09)
This is like a Monty Python skit without the laughs - or the intelligence. Blair, in the tradition of British colonial patronizing, has decided that he knows best what must be done for the "poor savage natives", while he is completely clueless of the realities on the ground. In every single poll - the most recent being last week's Norwegian poll - the so-called "palestinian" Arabs (both in the West Bank and in Gaza) utterly REFUSE the 2-state solution and the West's concept of a democratic state. Yet Blair boasts that he and Netanyahu will "build a state from the ground up" for these poor, poor Arabs. Has he even once asked why on Earth these welfare queens haven't built a damn thing in over 40 years, and after receiving more billions than the Marshall Plan that quickly rebuilt all of post-war Europe? The Jews came out of a Holocaust, rolled up their sleeves and built the most modern democratic state in the Middle East in record time - and somehow managed to do that without the help of Tony Blair - and in spite of the violent opposition of the British colonial government. In case Mr. Blair is also ignorant of this fact, the Jews did it without the assistance of their loving Arab neighbors. Obviously, Mr. Blair (and President Obama) have a lack of short-term memory when it comes to Western state-building imposed on this group of Arabs. When Gaza was given to them on a silver plate by Sharon, they immediately turned it into a cesspool of terror, death-worship, and medieval ignorance and fanaticism. We also have a preview into Blair's concept of peace-making. He just pressured Israel (through the sadly spineless Barak) to allow Gerry Adams, the head of a vehemently anti-Israel (and anti-Jewish) terrorist group - the IRA - to meet and play at being the great world diplomat with Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas terror fiefdom of Gaza. Great work, Blair, you arrogant, ignorant twit!
18. Disregard of the democratic elections in ISrael will bring
No to the false ,   "peace" process!   (04.10.09)
about a civil war in Israel and the murder of all leftists and journalists in Israel! Including YNET leftists! The majority has spoken and you better listen or face the consequences!
19. Victory for pragmatism
Birger ,   Jerusalem   (04.10.09)
"Truth is, if Hamas were to say, 'We're pursuing our political objectives by nonviolent means,' they would, at a stroke, liberate the international community to say there's now got to be a solution." What Blair says is that the other demands on Hamas (except giving up violence), i.e. accept prior agreements and recognize the Jewish state of Israel, can wait for another day. If this is the new Quartet policy, it's a victory not so much for Hamas, as for level-headed pragmatism.
20. Mr Blair does not understand ....
Psalms83 ,   Selah   (04.10.09)
Jo'el 3:2
21. Perhaps blair thinks the british mandate
jason white ,   afula,israel   (04.10.09)
did not end? Is he so stupid that he does not realize that the limies gave abdullah's great grandfather 78% of our land?
22. I also back the inalienable right of pigs to fly
Jake   (04.10.09)
After all, mice learned to do it when they became bats. Perhaps pigs can do it too. Anything is possible. Especially with a little help from Mr. Yes We Can.
23. Roscio, #17. In the human imagination all things can exist.
Jake   (04.10.09)
Palestine exists and has always existed. Just like Eldorado, Atlantis, Camelot, Middle Earth, Oz, Liliput, and Narnia. We must not deny our good friend Tony Blair the right to build castles in the air. Human imagination is a powerful tool and the world of fantasy has powerful attraction. Why do you think Disney has been such a successful enterprise?
24. blair statements
alexi   (04.10.09)
Blair does have some clout as he moderated bush and did bring peace to northern island. He also did commit british socialists. But his statements that israel 2 state will change the whole islamic west dynamic is hogwash. I t won't replace the millioins of arabs in europe who plan to take over europe with sharia and sunni law in the next 25-50 years.It caters to blair's arab loving wife and sisterin law who are virulently proarab. It also caters to blair's similiar to bill clinton's idealistic university views of the world.Two states leads to the end of israel. You should have enough guts to say it.And what you are doing is trying to buy off islam with another checkoslovakia. A new formula is needeed. Land from saudi arabia and jordan need to be exchanged to accomodate a palestinian state.
25. Yeah, Bibi supports "Palestinian State"---in JORDAN
Blair u naive ,   loser!   (04.10.09)
26. Palestinian state
diana ,   atlanta, usa   (04.10.09)
Israel is a sore point in Dar al Islam. Then comes Spain, Viena, etc,etc. As far as ANY peace process, nothing will be accomplished until ALL ARAB STATES STOP the incitement that is coming out against non-Muslims from their mosques, educational systems, press, etc.etc. So, why not try the Lieberman approach: different, no-nonsense, abrasive.............we can try ,there is nothing wrong with trying, on the contrary.................
27. once again...
solomon's shadow   (04.11.09)
the hate and racism and prejudice inherent within judaism shows it's pathetic and very ugly head. Are you god's chosen'? Most likely not, as yoiu've shown complete incompetence regarding the care of even so small a population as the Palestinians. Your primitive religion is simply stupid in its claims and the time of your attempted global dominance is coming to an end. If i were you, i'd get prime minister nutty yahoo to get down on his knees and beg Mr. Blair for help.
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