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US: East J'lem demolitions hurt chances for direct talks
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 15.07.10, 00:20
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1. US: Allow illegal Arab building, ban legal Jewish building
Adam   (07.15.10)
2. Undermining Trust
NYC Girl   (07.15.10)
Does the preaching of genocide and the destruction of Israel undermine trust? Do suicide bombings that maim and murder innocent civilians undermine trust? Does the fact that in free elections the Palestinians chose Hamas, a known terrorist organization, to run Gaza undermine trust? Does the fact that Mahmoud Abbas is on record as a Holocaust denier and that he was the bag man behind the massacre of the Israeli Olympic athletes undermine trust? Do years of rocket attacks from Gaza against Israeli villages undermine trust? Just wondering.
3. why
(07.15.10)
razing jewing homes it's fine but palestinian home wrong???
4. Jerusalem, the Arabs and the Jews.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (07.15.10)
Palestinian irredentists claim that eastern Jerusalem is historically Arab territory and should be the capital of a future Palestinian state. In reality, Jews always lived in eastern Jerusalem — it is the location of the Old City and its famous Jewish Quarter. Only from 1948 to 1967 — during the Jordanian occupation — was the eastern part of Israel's capital "Arab territory." Palestinians have no more claim to sovereignty there than Russia does in formerly occupied eastern Berlin. As to Jerusalem : http://xrl.us/be488z
5. Yaddah, yaddah, yaddah...
Scott ,   USA   (07.15.10)
6. Raizing homes
MK Ultra ,   Cuba   (07.15.10)
How very anti-Israel that Obama is, even after Bibi told him who was in charged, he still doesn't learn, does he? Well, I say, Isarel should invade the US and take over already. Show the goyim who's in charge of this show.
7. And strangely PA actions don't "undermine trust"?
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, DC USA   (07.15.10)
PA boycotts goods from Jewish firms across the line, insists Arabs not work for those firms ... Abbas lauds Kuntar and mourns death of Fadlallah ... PA names streets, summer camps and cultural centers after terrorists ... PA continues its demonization of Israel, including opposing its entry into OECD. Did the State Department not think such actions "undermine trust"?
8. Fact on the ground. Yerushalaim is Israel's Capital
Zevulun ,   USA   (07.15.10)
9. America supports Israel
Brod ,   USA   (07.15.10)
in ridding the illegal illegal structures of the squatters and parasites. It is the forces of AntiSemitism that seems to have a problem with it. These dark forces do not represent America's Judeo-Christian values and interests.
10. Same old tired statements from the US SD
Nour ,   Palestine   (07.15.10)
"potential obstacles", "unhelpful", "undermines trust", zzzzzz zzzzzzzzz How about some cojones to declare these actions as illegal and totally unacceptable? The US will NEVER be a peace broker in the middle east for the simple reason that it is not neutral but controlled by Jewish lobbies. Americans are too fat and preoccupied with sex, the economy, and healthcare to even care. US SD statements are totally irrelevant and insincere. America is a dying superpower the sooner we accept this the quicker Palestine will be liberated!
11. I'll tell you what undermines trust..
Jew in Israel ,   Israel   (07.15.10)
The U.S being duped that Jerusalem is not recognized as the eternal capital of the Jewish people for 3000 years. With all the Islamic terror and rhetoric, even directed at Americans, and 23 Muslim nations on this planet, Crowley has the nerve to say that Arabs have a claim to the one and only true Jewish city
12. US STATE DEPT... BACK TO THE ANTI-ISRAEL FOSTER DULLES DAYS
stude ham   (07.15.10)
don't these guys ever move with the times?? creeps!
13. Israels domestic policies are not the state departments
business!   (07.15.10)
14. The razing of homes is very disheartening.
Ernest ,   USA   (07.15.10)
The idea of homes being razed and unhappy people doesn't evoke all that's said for "Zion". Fair has to be fair. It sounds very simple but it can get very complicated. Where is the breakdown in communications that lead to this action of razing? It would have been preferred that the article would have included the reason for this razing or the insert that's had sometimes of a related article. Bottom line, it would have been better off had it not happened. It's very important that housing and additions be constructed up to code for safety. The permits required are for everything to take place in an orderly fashion and for the logistics of the municipality. This chaos needs to be transformed back to the nature of the holiness of the Scriptures. There are a lot of unanswered questions here. These kinds of animosity, discord and division surely need to cease. This is the holy city of Jerusalem.
15. what has the USA ever done for Israel
bob ,   NZ   (07.15.10)
apart from interfer when its not wanted and blather on about how much US Christians adore the Jews - ( how much they want to convert them to Jesus to be more honest )
16. Same old tired statements from a Pal #10
maniaco ,   SoCal, USA   (07.15.10)
Nour, a Pal sez: " . . . the sooner we accept this the quicker Palestine will be liberated! " like you said, "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZ"
17. naah Bob NZ #15 . . .
maniaco ,   SoCal, USA   (07.15.10)
I'm a devout atheist and love the Jews and Israel and all they stand for. So go back and clean up all that schmutz that you left in #15. -- right away, please!
18. I suggest the US concentrated on Washington, DC and not...
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (07.15.10)
...Jerusalem, DC (Jerusalem, David's City). The more America pokes its nose in the municipal affairs of the Jewish people's capital city for the past 3,000 years and the more it interfere in the affairs of government of the sovereign nation-state of the Jewish people the less Obama's Charm Offensive will hold any water with us, Jews, within and without Israel.
19. I will seek to destroy all the nations
Zechariah   (07.15.10)
Zechariah 12:3,9: And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
20. direct talks
austin   (07.15.10)
If bombing of Israeli civillians did not stop 'direct talks', east J'lem demolitions will not stop direct alks. But everyone knows the game. The fact that Jews breathe, will stop direct talks. The arabs do no want negotiations. They want..whatever it is they demand.
21. So uncle Sammy says "Do as I say, not as I do"
Dan the Jafa ,   Auckland, Aotaroa   (07.15.10)
Now that's a surprise. Another bullet point in a growing list of reasons to disregard Barry as a temporary nuisance that willl soon go away.
22. Face it, Bibi has masterfully out flanked&out manuvered the
Rueben ,   Migdal, Israel   (07.15.10)
muslim in the White House. Period. Obama went to Cairo to give a speech to his brethern thereby putting immense pressure on Israel. However, 2 weeks later, Bibi gave his speech to the world and has been in the drivers seat ever since. With Obama and the Dems in serious trouble at home, & with elections just around the corner, the administration and Congress will not make any heavy demands on Israel. Oh they will huff and puff and condemn, but they have zero leverage to do anything serious. They will tout this last meeting with Bibi and Obama as successful, but in actuality, it was Bibi masterfully throwing a pie in Obama's face over the way he was treated the last time he was in Washington and Obama got up and walked out on him while they were eating dinner. Bibi knew that he had to put the ball right back in the Palestinians court by telling them we will talk peace with you, but there must be NO preconditions on the peace process. What was Obama gonna say about that?? He had just been to Cairo propagating peace. Then Bibi agreed to a 10 month building freeze. Obama was thinking that when the 10 months were up, he would pressure Bibi again. But when the muslim in the White House tried to make a fool of the PM of all Israel, well that was the begining of the end for Obama and Israel cooperation. The wheels came off the cart right then and there. No wonder Bibi can say that relationsip and ties with the US have never been stronger because Bibi has out flanked and out manuvered the muslim community organizer who is failing desperately at doing and looking anything like a seasoned politician like Bibi is. Perhaps secretly Bibi has been reciting a verse from the Tehillim 109 vrs. 8( concerning Obama ), which says " May his days be few, may someone else take his place". I think this is one verse that will very soon be answered. Good going Bibi. Our prayers are with you! B'H
23. Dozing homes
Dennis Cast ,   kinta   (07.16.10)
The U.S. should mind its own buisness.Dozing homes is a mild response to the constant terrorism that the Palestinians have thrown at inesant Israelis.Most nations would have retaliated with all out war.
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