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Abbas says he won't make concessions on Jerusalem
Associated Press
Published: 11.01.14, 21:11
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1. Thank you Abbas
Chaim ,   Israel   (01.11.14)
If not for sticking so strongly to your beliefs, Israel with its nutty leaders like Livni, Olmert and Lapid would long have been a gonner.
2. The Real Obstacles
Zechariah   (01.11.14)
The Real Obstacles are Iran and the Islamic Fundementalists The Islamic and Arab Expansionism with Palestine as a Base and a conflict between Jews in Eretz Yisroel and Arabs in Palestine escalating into a nuclear Obliteration of the Holy Land .The challanges for the Jews and the World is Survivalism .
3. That's settled then! Great, now can I have my dessert please
tom ,   tel aviv   (01.11.14)
4. There should not be peace with thos Pals !.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (01.11.14)
If they had any Right to Jerusalem they would have demanded the whole Town. Kick them out of Israel to Jordan. Arn.Sweden.
5. That's Awsome. Good Luck with that!
Ilan ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (01.11.14)
100's of thousands of settlers aren't going anywhere. And it will be US sticking international law in YOUR FACE, when you try to remove them! Your attempts to rewrite history are pathetic! Israel and Jerusalem is the land of the Jews, always was. always will be! We survived Egypt. we survived Germany, we survived your Arab brother's extermination attempts 5 TIMES! We're gonna Survive you!!!! good Ruse, with these fake peace talks just to get your Child murders, rapists, and terrorist brothers back!
6. What an imagination
Jacob ,   Munich   (01.11.14)
Abu Mazen. Who is going to suffer again for the years to come? The world is fed up with you. The world will think twice to continue to support you. You say that not one Jew must live in your state but expect that your brethren should live in a Jewish state and you will not accept as such. Additionally you expect that Israel must let the children and grand children of the refugees back into Israel. Only your kin can be so naive. Dream on. Israel is not like the crusaders to disappear. You see the opposite. It is growing day by day. And your chances are diminishing day by day.
7. Peace will come when the Muslims
alsky ,   Toronto   (01.11.14)
accept that Israel is the Homeland of the Jews. They wont do it because that will mean the end of the Islamic Caliphate
8. we also have rights
zionist forever   (01.11.14)
Its his right not to accept any deal that involves Israel keeping East Jerusalem or him having to recognise Israel as a Jewish state but Israel also has rights. We can say no deal if you don't accept Israel as a Jewish state, if it involves giving up Jerusalem or an IDF presence in the Jordan Valley. So far these talks seem to have been more about what Abbas will not accept rather than what he will accept and he doesn't seem to be acceptig much so maybe its time to tell Kerry your games are getting us nowhere so go home and don't come back.
9. Realesing terrorist as Trustbuilding measuries !.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (01.11.14)
Kerye and Obama the Usefull Idiots !. Arn.Sweden.
10. We Have Peace Now- WITH OUR Jerusalem
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, Israel   (01.11.14)
If anyone tries to change that, they will pay dearly.
11. It's settled, then.
Jimbo Salsa ,   Mexico, Mexico   (01.11.14)
Mr. Abbas, read my lips: NO. You can't have an inch of Jerusalem. Be aware of the consequences because you have just declared war. There are more or less 115 Muslims for every Jew. We're more than even.
12. Africa
Aaron ,   Toronto,canada   (01.11.14)
Just send them back to Africa where they were irrelevant before letting Arafat the murderer and his bunch back to ramallah(big mistake).
13. So, by not accepting Israel ,
Beary White ,   Norway   (01.11.14)
then there is nothing to negotiate about. How can anyone negotiate with someone they do not accept? THAT is just called harassment.!!
14. Abbas says he won't make concessions on Jerusalem
Ex Golani SAMAR 1973   (01.11.14)
Mr Abbas, was this statement of yours a reiteration of your peoples' declearation of war against Israel and the Jewish people? Please make sure you understand the answer....NO...Peace....NO Recognition of Israel as a Jewish State....equals No Palestinian State. and you and your people can only blame yourselves... Pity I and many Israelis and Jews had high hopes that maybe this time peace was achievable. Your statement indicates that what you really want is the opposite.
15. Does he know he lost the war?
Yonatan ,   Dishon, Israel   (01.11.14)
First off the fakestinions have so many factions how can anyone negotiate anything? Doesn’t Abbas know he doesn’t own one grain of sand in Jerusalem? His statement would make sense if his people owned Jerusalem BUT THEY DO NOT!!!! How can you make a peace deal when the Hamas and Fatah don’t have a peace deal between themselves? There is a whole lot of crack smoking going on by everyone involved in this supposed “Deal”.
16. back to the desert u murdering barbarian u failed your peopl
ralph   (01.11.14)
17. Abbas gets no piece !!!!!!!!!
Ben ,   Free World   (01.11.14)
No piece of Jerusalem.
18. There won't be peace no matter how much Israel concedes
Drumgoole ,   Newark NJ USA   (01.11.14)
Now let me get this straight. Israel is supposed to recognize a Palestinian State that does not recognize it as a Jewish State. The suit wearing(as opposed to the military style clothes of Arafat) Abbas, a Holocaust denier, will not agree to even this compromise that would cost him nothing. Yet I'm sure he recognizes the numerous Islamic States around the world. For those idiots who see nothing wrong with a divided Jerusalem, let me remind all of you about the situation that existed prior to the 6 Day War when East Jerusalem was under muslim control. Jewish sites were defaced and Jews were not allowed to pray at the Kotel. Barbed wire separated the 2 sides and there was no acess to any of the Jewish holy places in E. Jerusalem. With a Holocaust denier in charge who refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish State, who would enforce Jewish rights in East Jerusalem? The UN? Kerry's trip is a waste of time and money as the Palestinians will never agree to a peace with Israel. e
19. Why does this....
Jenny ,   NY USA   (01.11.14)
WHY does this surprise ANYONE? They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity..... HA HA HA!!!
20. Cold Water for Fiery Speech
David Segal ,   Philadelphia PA USA   (01.11.14)
Israel to Abbas: "Erm, No." Israel has respected the Arabs' legitimate interests in the city ever since the Six Day War. Friedland and Hecht said it all years ago: "Jerusalem cannot be governed; it can only be ruled". The Arabs disqualified themselves as rulers in 1949.
21. Thank you, fool
Igor ,   Israel   (01.11.14)
"Palestinians" are in the illusion that they hold all the cards: the European Union will announce another boycott and Israel agrees to suicide. I want peace, as well as any man, but in the current version is not peaceful but death. So, thank you, Abbas, we can always count on you, you'll never miss a chance to miss a chance.
22. no peace without jerusalem
zionist ,   canada   (01.11.14)
greatttt...then no peace...there would have never been one in the first place.\
23. Puts paid to the nonsense
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.11.14)
"Without east Jerusalem as a capital of the state of Palestine, there will be no peace between us and Israel" Remember who said it. Now let's put an end to the ridiculous farce that Abbas is interested in peace. Get busy annexing Judea and Samaria, and repatriating that violent and noxious bunch of terrorists to Jordan, country of their citizenship. Enough has been far too much. Time to teach that pompous idiot a lesson. Like who's in charge.
24. As if ANYBODY cares!
David ,   Hartford USA   (01.11.14)
No, you can't have any part of Jerusalem. Pretty soon you'll need a visa to get there! Do you think repeating stupid demands over and over again make them any more likely to become true? You are a complete fool in the eyes of the world. Oh, you may impress the 'arab Street,' but it seems it doesn't take much to do that! You and haniyeh have been spouting off for years and you have accomplished nothing. are you smart enough to change for the good of your people? I don't think so. As Pali leaders have shown for decades, once a idiot, always an idiot.
25. At last the truth: Now maybe Obama and Kerry will wake up?
Jim Yakamoto ,   My Country   (01.11.14)
Abu Mazens statement: 'Palestinian people won't kneel, and we tell the world, listen... without east Jerusalem as a capital of the state of Palestine, there will be no peace between us and Israel' could not be clearer. Now we all KNOW that the Palestinians don't want peace and what Netanyahu has been saying for years that there is no "partner for peace" is 100% correct. Now we must wait and see how how long Obama, Ashton and the rest of the rotten EU take to start making excuses for Abu Mazen and tell us us he was "misquoted"! The Palestinians showed their real worth today, burning the picture of Sharon who has been in a coma for 8 years but don't say a world about the atrocities committed in Syria BY Arabs AGAINST Arabs. They might blame Sharon and Israel for closing their eyes to what Arabs did to Arabs in Sabra and Shatilla but don't say a word about the EU, the USA, China and Russia closing their eyes to what is going on in Assad's Syria!
26. Bibi astute politician,concedes ..
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (01.11.14)
to Abbas ,the role of the bad guy.
27. Okay no peace
Rie olsen bali ,   Denmark   (01.12.14)
Jerusalem shall never be a capital for palestina NEVER
28. He got his prisoners... negotiations are over
Sara ,   Canada   (01.12.14)
I'm sure Israel will still be blamed for the break down in peace talks. For some reason the world expects Israel to just give the world to Abbas with nothing in return.
29. 4
yonatan ,   adelaide/Israel   (01.12.14)
Arn, I totally agree with your post but if Abbas does not get what he wants there will be no peace-US will see it that way because the present US leadership is behaving like they don't know the history of Israel and how the PLO came to be.Abbas, the criminal,has nothing to lose where as Israel does because it is seen as the bully.The Paly PR is in front as far as the world is concerned -the world at large does not know about Israel's history and they see the Pals as occupied people.Bibi will be "advised" to give in to most of Abbas demands.Of course in the long run there will not be peace because Abbas wants all prisoners released and wants all of Israel for "his' people.Ok- what is the outcome-1 If E J er goes to Pals the people will cause a civil war in Israel and that would be nice for Abbas-2If Bibi does not give up Jer then Abbas will lead millions of Arabs to Jerusalem in a "peaceful" way which will result in terrible violence with the world watching and that will suit Abbas nicely too.SO, what to do-easy.War like in 1967. There will be war over Jerusalem and there will be one winner because you can't build the Holy Temple next to that dirty,smelly mosque.
30. If he got Jerusalem, he'd find another reason for no peace.
Alex ,   NY, US   (01.12.14)
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