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Senators urge pro-Israel stance from Obama
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Published: 20.09.11, 08:06
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1. What they need to hear...
Hakim ,   Palestine   (09.20.11)
Is go #$%^ yourselves...
2. Suckers at large
Ian ,   Germany   (09.20.11)
3. All looking for campaign $$$
Jason ,   USA   (09.20.11)
Making right-wing, pro-Israel statements is a sure-fire way to fill your campaign coffers. The truth is, none of these "senators" really give a lick about Israel. Its all about scoring political points.
4. #1 Hakim, 4000 years ago we brought the civilzation
Yossef   (09.20.11)
in this region of the world, and you Arabs, what did you bring ? As said once my (very best) friend Nacer "Arab invented the zero and then stayed there". Nacer is not zionist, we are different on this point, but he is also not completely blind, what you are.
5. Funny!
Chris ,   USA   (09.20.11)
Obama at the UNGA last year "When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the United Nations - an independent, sovereign state of Palestine, living in peace with Israel."
6. Obama?
Dan G. ,   NY   (09.20.11)
Obama may lose the Jewish vote if he does not veto the Palestinian membership, but he will most certainly lose the Muslim votes if he does. On the other hand, most American Jews are liberals and do not believe that Netanyahu is serious about peace, and the acceptance of Palestine as a member of the international community is not such a big deal and does not constitute an existential threat to Israel, on the contrary, it could prove to be the impetus Israel needs to start the negotiations in good faith. 20 years of fruitless negotiations is long enough.
7. Obama & AIPAC crowd can scream as much as they want.
Ahmad ,   Jerusalem   (09.20.11)
Reality in the ground is changing; The Arab dictators are on the way out, one by one. They protected Israel’s wrong ways from the people in exchange for staying in power. The US and dollar is sliding slowly down, Europe can’t even agree on bailing a Euro country let alone taking the US’ place in history. At some point the future, Israel will have to account for all the wrong it did Please post
8. yawn, no one cares about israel whining anymore
samnite   (09.20.11)
frankly, world is sick and tired of israel and israeli controlled govt of usa. btw i very much doubt usa would be willing to vauch for israel against turks. the last thing usa needs is pissed off turks who will arm arabs and iranians to the teeth
9. #1 Hakim, be civilized! want talk dirty, go arab newspaper!
mary of Bethany ,   Singapore   (09.20.11)
or maybe this is the actual language of all palestinian people?
10. First of all.!!!!!!
Robert ,   farmington,wv   (09.20.11)
first of all Israel does not need no ones support , it would be nice to get it from this administration. israel has been on there own many times and still prevailed over there enemies , the lord watches out for israel ,and thats the only one israel needs to put there faith in.
11. 14 Senators that oppose Peace and support Occupation
Yossi ex soldier ,   Batyam   (09.20.11)
This how you get maybe Jewish vote, support the occupation and the status Que Shame, Shame
12. counting down until we have a Republican in the white house!
nadav   (09.20.11)
13. AIPAC have 95% of US congress in their payrol what
Mark ,   usa   (09.20.11)
Do you expect? as long as US foreign policy is hijacked by Israel and her right wing neo cons you can not get honest mediator form US in any foreign dealing, US is under seage by AIPAC who should register as an foreing agents which they refuse to do so,US loose all credibility under current conditions and US will be at war for Israel in more places in the future even with Turkey if it comes to that and that is very sad, Israel will loose her credibility by winning every argument so will US,
14. They speak .... and the dogs bark
Ricardo Macher ,   Karnei   (09.20.11)
Nobody cares anymore about these kind of threats. The US does not count anymore. It is a AA country now. Let them bark. The emerging economies in the world, China, Brazil, India, Turkey, are now the ones that can "warn", "demand", "show concern". The US is out. The line is moving. Next.
15.  1
john Darren ,   cairns-Australia   (09.20.11)
You are talking to your self Arab fool.
16.  To Ahmad no7
Salma, ,   Palestine   (09.20.11)
Don't be so naive We all know Israel and the US are one big superpower. Our hope for a new Palestine is either Gaza(Sharia Law ) or Jordan which is 80 % Palestinian anyway.
17. Obama? Who is Obama?
Nour ,   One-State   (09.20.11)
Oh, the expired poodle of AIPAC with no political capital left?
18. Well done senators GOD bless you all!
zad ,   mbabane, Swaziland   (09.20.11)
Supporting Israel is the right thing to do for any civilized nation. This is not time for playing quite diplomatic games, but to speak LOUDER and ACT decisevely in favor of Israel. As for Erdogan, his hatred and bitterness against Israel will cause him stroke, heart attack or public madness. Stop anti-semetism now!
19. #7
HaifaGuy   (09.20.11)
"The Arab dictators are on the way out, one by one" - Ahmad, you make it sound almost as if you really believe that what's coming istead is 1000 years of peace, prosperity and democracy. It worked in Eastern Europe (to a large extent) because those are Europeans of Christian ancestry with democratic roots and good work ethic. It WILL NOT work in the ME because you guys (the Arabs) boast no such qualities. Rather, it's already starting to remind me the movie GREMLINS, where each new generation of the little monsters turned out to be more vicious and scary than the previous one. Ahead of you are decades of moral and economic decay and strife, hopelessness and despair, falling birthrate and rising crime and drug abuse. Unless, of course, your spiritual leaders realise this and quickly steer the Muslim ship away from radicalism and cult of death. As for you, Ahmed, I bet you really don't mind sticking to your Israeli ID and not in a rush to exchange it for any other temporary regional entity, such as Jordan or (heh-heh)Palestine. Because deep inside y'all know that only Israel will stand as its evil-wishers drop like flies all around it. Salamat
20. BRAVO AMERICA ; thank you.
Tambour ,   Eilat   (09.20.11)
21. HaifaGuy , take it easy guy, you are a bit stiff
Ahmad ,   Jerusalem   (09.20.11)
I don 't think you are such a bad person and I believe we can have coffee in Haifa and leave peacefully. One can debate history as much as you want. Its irrelevant, to the Jews God is one way, to Muslims, God is another way. Each has his own. There are good and bad Jews, there are good and bad Muslims. If you insist, the Crusades are not far distance a way or the 100 millions of dead people by the West and Russia during the previous decade or the 7+ millions of dead Indians and over 6 millions of dead Jews not on the hand of Muslims. As far as the ID, you got wrong; it doesn’t matter what you call it, Israeli, Palestinian. This is my home and no one will force me out. Arrogance what will do nations not weakness or strength. Nations who became so arrogant, lost, staring from Pharos, Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire and the list goes on and on including the US and Israel. Remember the word: Arrogance
22. What the senators understand:
Isaac Storm   (09.20.11)
What the senators understand is that with this unilateral move, the arab palestinians are anulling the Oslo Accords. In ynet's other article, Posner said these countries were being threatened with different places within the UN body (i.e. politics) The US Congress has made very clear that these different UN organizations/ committees then will no longer receive US money.
23. Obama: I will, for the sake of 2012.... wait, Abbas... 2013
mary of Bethany ,   singapore   (09.20.11)
obama says: "i will, for my Jewish voters for 2012.............." then he whispered to Abbas: "wait..... patient...... 2013 will be "Business as usual".............
24. So long as the PLO adheres to the essence of its Charter,...
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (09.20.11)
... etched on the hearts and minds of its leaders, there is little chance of ever reaching an accommodation of peaceful coexistence with the Arabs of Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). And, sadly, the thrust of the PLO Charter is the motivating factor in the PLO's attempt to fool all of the world all of the time. To avoid this predicament we must do three things: 1. Read the Charter and understand the PLO's goal. 2. Realize that legally, based on the San Remo Conference decisions, 1920, accepted by the League of Nations, 1922, the entire land mass between the River and the Sea was designated as the national home of the Jewish people, and the UN, based on its Charter, can't change this. 3. Any political accommodation that we reach must include an acceptance by the PLO of Israel as the independent nation-state of the Jewish people; and, an acceptance that a peace treaty represents the end of the conflict and the end of all future demands.
25. @19 Too bleeping Funny
Ber ,   Yahud   (09.20.11)
More like Gemlins 2 where they demand on national TV to create a gremlin society based on mischief, savagery, violence, inimity towards their neighbors, and then claim it is because they want what everyone else has.
26. Those Senators dont even know where Turkey and Palestine is!
Bergstein ,   Jaffa   (09.20.11)
Just a couple senators bribed by AIPAC
27. Obama who?
Brod ,   USA   (09.20.11)
Obama is a closeted Islamist who conned his way to the WH! The only way for Congress to deal with him is to impeach him. He caused the upheavals in the region that led to the toppling of America's allies and the ascendancy of Islamist-Jihadist fanatics called Muslim Brotherhood. And his lack of leadership allows fanatical Islamist-Jihadist Turkish PM Erdogan to become belligerent and an Aggressor in the region, threatening war with the West-Israel and Cyprus and attempting to usurp their territorial waters.
28. Sheer Hypocrisy- the Arab world
SAMUEL ,   Israel   (09.20.11)
Before the Six Day War there was no Palestine,it was just Egypt, Syria, & Jordan.If there was Palestine,it would have put a forth front facing Israel.All these Hypocrite nations joined together just to distroy the only tiny Jewish Nation.Not a word was ever mentioned by the entire world.Now these Arab nations should pay compensation to Israel for the undue wars waged on Israel.I hope the US & the UN along with the European Nations should join hands to be the next allies of Israel. Thanks a million to the United States of America for their backing in the hour of need-Amen.
29. World Alliance: BIG ISRAEL, co-existent Islam iso Islamism.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (09.20.11)
30. not true
bok ,   israel   (09.20.11)
not true
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