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Abbas signals flexibility on Palestinian refugees
Elior Levy
Published: 16.02.14, 16:23
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1. Spare your empty words Abu Mazen !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (02.16.14)
Holocaust denier & father of lies.
2. No so called refugees what so ever
Ron ,   oc us   (02.16.14)
In 1948 Israel took care of their own. It is 64 years on and time for the 22 and counting Arab states to take care of their own.
3. Empty False Words
Bill Stein ,   USA   (02.16.14)
He does have to flood Israel he will flood Judea and Samaria less than 9 miles from the sea. All those refugees even if non came would destroy Israel as the homeland for the Jewish people in 5 years. Also he made a statement about shared capital it will destroy Israel as a nation state because only Israel will have no US embassy just for her self or her own capital this is madness
4. Where to return
Sherlock Holmes ,   London England   (02.16.14)
The point of creating a Palestinian state is inter alia to give the Pal refugees a place to return to inside Palestine. Arabs fled Israel for a variety of reasons. Abbas said his family fled Sefat in 1948 fearing Jewish retribution for Arab massacres of Jews. Most Arab fled to help the Arab war effort to destroy Israel. Some were pushed out as a potential fifth column.
5. Abbas refuses to cooperate on solving the refugee issue.
Sam ,   Canada   (02.16.14)
Abbas wants to look moderate so as to invite pressure by liberal Jews and the West on Israel. In reality, Canada was given the task of finding solutions for the Palestinian refugees but Abbas and the Palestinians REFUSE TO COOPERATE. Abbas "the moderate" is no moderate. He gets more support from the West by looking moderate.
6. War reparations for stealing entire country worth trillions
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (02.16.14)
7. He does not want
(02.16.14)
I do not know what Abbas wants, but it is irrelevant because Palestinian society is democratic. The Hamas Charter, supported by 80% of Palestinians allows no compromise on the Right of Return. The PLO Charter that Abbas is sworn to uphold and that is supported by another 15% Palestinians, allows no compromise on the Right of Return.
8. Excellent Speech
(02.16.14)
Anyone who heard the speech knows that it was very flexible. Abbas said that the rights of the Palestinians come from living in Israel for thousands of years. All that Abbas needs to do now is change the PLO Charter to define a Palestinian only as someone who can trace their lineage to thousands of years in Israel (not 66 like now) and there will be peace.
9. DID THE LEOPARD JUST CHANGE ITS SPOTS??
stude ham   (02.16.14)
naw... it's the usual pity me I'm an orphan paliprop.
10. To: No. 6
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.16.14)
Country wasn't worth a damned thing until the Jews came and restored it. The Arabs had nothing to do with; they only want it because the Jews turned it into something. Take a look at the areas controlled by the "Palestine" Authority. Take a look at Gaza. That's what Arab sweat equity is worth. Garbage; just as odorifous as the crap that you spout.
11. Translate the speech ...
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.16.14)
... into Arabic, and play it on television, print it in newspapers. Watch what happens.
12. Re: My post at No. 10
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.16.14)
Oops! For "odorifous," please read "odoriferous." Mea culpa.
13. Only Palestinians are refugees after 3 generations!
Michael Redbourn ,   Lisbon Portugal   (02.16.14)
No other group in the world promotes this nonsense. If you are 2nd or 3rd generation living somewhere then that's your country.
14. Terror reparations to Zionists for stealing worth zillions
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (02.16.14)
15. Arafat was more moderate than Abbas
Zionist forever   (02.16.14)
Abbas has been talking about 250,000 Kerry was thinking more like 80,000. Olmert and Barak were both talking about 5000 as a family reunion gesture but no formal recognition of ROR concept. Once you accept the idea in principle you can say I will let a certain amount to come to Israel as part of this deal but legally your admitting they have that right so there is nothing to stop a legal challenge for anybody wanting to exercise that right in future. Unlike Arafat and Abbas himself when he was dealing with Olmert Abbas doesn't seem to be offering Israel sovereignty over the Jewish Quarter or Temple Mount he is instead promising full freedom of worship for Jews at the Western Wall but the Temple Mount will not be shared. Sounds to me he wants to share the Kotel but own Temple Mount outright and even Arafat agreed to Israeli sovereignty over the Jewish Quarter and the Kotel.
16. Hasn't AbuAss already denied everything in Arabic?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (02.16.14)
17. Reservation - Settlement
Haider ,   Gothenburg, Sweden   (02.16.14)
Why not let Palestinian refugees come back and live in reservation camps, like native American Indians still do in some areas in the US. Where Palestinians live today is not much different. The Jews, living in settlements, kan turn their places into regular cities. When will this tragedy end?
18. I use the "perfect reverse barometer" to blame all on Israel
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (02.16.14)
19. Abbas
Truthseeker ,   USA   (02.16.14)
The question is not what he will not demand; it is what he does demand. This whole thing is obvious propaganda in the worst sense of the word.
20. ***Sarah*** at12, never mind...
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (02.16.14)
I just hope, that the whole garbage which was kicked off by Kerry, will soon hit the ditch.
21. 17
zionist forever   (02.16.14)
Even in a reservation your a citizen and citizens have the right to vote and contribute toward the demographics. Indians are American citizens and they are not obligated to live on the reservation, let palestinians be citizens if they decide they are bored with living on the reservation and want to go live in Tel Aviv they are allowed. What we do need is reservations for the Bedouin so the Negev can be developed properly but you cannot create a palestinian reservation in Israel.
22. No.10 - Please seek help
Yeoshua F. ,   N.Y   (02.16.14)
What kind of a twisted psychopath would speak of human beings in such a derogatory manner ?.. 70 years after the holocaust ? This has nothing to do with ideology, you just use the Arab-Israeli conflict to feed your inner psycho. Besides, following your childish primary school level comments for the past week or so, I see that you are almost completely ignorant on middle eastern issues. You think a city like Gaza that has been under military rule and blockade for the past 64 years is poor because it´s people are somehow racialy inferior and uncapable, and not because of it´s situation, while completely ignoring the fact that there are Arab cities in the world far richer than Israel´s. All this leads me to believe that you are either a kid playing with his parents´ computer or an individual with serious health issues. Please seek professional help, for your own good. This can only get worse, and you are putting people around you at risk
23. 5
Zionist forever   (02.16.14)
Abbas has no serious interest in making peace what he wants us for talks to collapse with him looking like the victim so he can go to the UN for a solution. Negotiated talk fail, Abbas uses his new UN upgrade to look for the UN General Assembly to pass a resolution agreeing to ever single demand he makes from most trivial - most important. The US has no veto in the UNGA so the non binding resolution will pass almost unilaterally. Israel refuses to adopt it so there is a lot of pressure on individual countries to place sanction on Israel until it adopts a resolution which passed by such a huge majority. When sanctions hit Israel hard enough it will agree to the resolution agreeing to every single demand.
24. to #4Benassi
igor ,   Toronto canada   (02.16.14)
arabs will have to pay for stealing Jewish land. you and yours will pay to to help your Muslim friends to pay/ so get a job.
25. words
E1   (02.16.14)
How many from the 5M? 2, 3, 3.5?? Empty propaganda!! He should start by teaching the Palestinian children to coexistence and not make all the murderers heroes!!
26. Thanks from the US
Seth Davis ,   Austin, Texas US   (02.16.14)
Compassion is needed on both sides. Survival is great, but survival with peace is worth working and striving for. Don't be a hater. Hope for the best and work for it, too.
27. #23 Israel has withstood boycotts+will continue to do so
Sam ,   Canada   (02.16.14)
28. #23. Change your handle to "Defeatist Forever".
Chaim ,   Israel   (02.16.14)
#23. You buy into our enemies' rubbish that their boycotts can defeat Israel. Truthfully, Israel has always faced boycotts and grows richer and stronger every year. In earlier posts, you quote the proven hoax of the "Arab population bomb". Truthfully, Jews are a growing majority and Judea/Samaria are enormous assets. Either educate yourself or change your handle to "Defeatist Forever".
29. Parasites
(02.16.14)
Palestinians = parasites that if Israel thrives they thrives and the host died parasite dies too. But is not live and let me live situations as God can't accept parasitic gods or children so whether Abbas acknowledged that God of Israel is Host and they are parasites doesn't matter as time of gentiles will surely be up.
30. The arabs started every war, and lost all of them..
Beary White ,   Norway   (02.16.14)
Then no-arab will have any right to return. As loosers they have to accept. In Austria more than 2.2 million refugees were expelled, and has never returned.. In Romania more than 300.000 were expelled, never to return.. All together more than 11 million people were expelled from eastern Europe, never to return.. Most of these people were absorbed by European countries and USA. More than 650 000 jews were expelled from islamic countries, never to return... Then the discussion about arabs to return into Israel is a fictive trap set by Islamic leaders by denying the arab refuges in the camps to integrate OUTSIDE the camps in ANY of the islamic countries they have been organized into, and THAT is a UN-shame, making the pals scapegoat for islamic terror-politics in the world, and fictive excuse for islamic-cult- terror.
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