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Abbas: Backdoor negotiations needed
Roee Nahmias
Published: 27.12.06, 18:38
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1. "backdoor" meetings
Ehud Olmert ,   Kuwait City   (12.27.06)
What Mahmoud and I do in the privacy of our villa is our own business.
2. Back door negotiations a very good point
Joseph ,   Canada   (12.27.06)
Negotiations will be very painfull that is why they should not be in the limelight in order to be free of pressions.
3. Negotiations to what effect?
Mike ,   USA   (12.27.06)
What are the goals of more negotiations? Sit around and talk until someone comes up with another idea like Oslo accords, or like the Mitchell Plan or the Tenat plan, or the numerous other plans that have come and gone. All they conclude is that Israel should give give give more and more and more. Money, prisoners, land, cease fires, and more weapons and ammo. The enemy of Israel needs more. Call in Condi and Vladimir, and the EU, and Israel supporter Kofi Annan. Why is it always the bad guys who want more negotiations until they can become more fully armed. Mike
4. "backdoor" means less shorten the road map ..
redmike ,   tel aviv & london   (12.27.06)
Abbas is useless and can't stop violence or get Hamas to accept Israel or stop violence so he says 'well let's skip that and move onto things like the right of return for Palestinians'. Yeah - right !!
5. weapons dealers cannot broker peace
William Bartlett ,   tiskilwa, USA   (12.27.06)
United States, Russia, European Union. How is it that the world's arms dealers always say that they will sponsor peace deals, pacts, and plans. No wonder the conflict has lasted for over 50 years! The root of ALL terrorism and warfare is the domination/subjugation dichotomy. Those that establish this dichotomy are the ones who thrive on conflict. So, how is it that we expect these authoritarian systems to bring peace??? The Palestinians and Israelis do not thrive on this conflict..only the authorities involved benefit from it.
6. backdoor negotiations
fish   (12.27.06)
revolting, that someone can even discuss it seriously. what can be negotiated with abbas who doesn't control a thing there, what's the point - to appease the US big daddy, or to sell out more of Israel in return for what - for more kassams on our heads? Does Olmert bear a valid mandate from this country to continue this quisling game? where is the high court, why nobody stops this man?on which basis will he meet abbas? I'm in shock, it's time to fight , not negotiate! is he going to ask abbas to reign in kassam death squads? where is the omni-potent idf,shabak, mossad, what have we become, that jordan king, a weak figure in mid.east politics calls isael "a weak country'?
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