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Obama sets deadline for Mideast breakthrough
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Published: 31.05.09, 08:09
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1. or else what?
ghostq   (05.31.09)
he cann't force proses who take much longer than that, the peace is long proses when both sideds need to build to force someone to hurry up in two years it will lead to catastrophical results, he just want to get ride of the problem as fast as he can, sorry but the real peace won't happen in two years. or three I reckon it will take 300 years or so to show first signs of open minds and hearts.
2. The Fig Tree- 70 Years
TJ ,   SA,USA   (05.31.09)
Yep this sounds about right. A generation in the Bible can reckoned to be 70 years. We are told a generation shall not pass until all be fufilled meaning a new heaven and a new earth. Two years from now is 2011 and seven years after that is 2018 which is 70 years since Israel became a nation. The Fig Tree. So a peace treaty must come in??? Wow hey 2 years!!
3. Oblahma
Dabosshog   (05.31.09)
This guys rethoric is starting to resemble the arabs more and more. I thnik he has been drinking his own Kool-Aid too much. Seems like he swallowed the blue pill. For a president of a country he sure doesn't get the concept of one. Do us all a favor Oblahma and shut the F up. You don't govern Israel nor will you deciede on anything that has to do with Israel. the sooner you get it the quicker the real solution can emerge.
4. 2 years to solve the Itzhak-Ishmael "problem"... so childish
Michael ,   Jerusalem   (05.31.09)
obama has better to open a Tanach (yes the old testament, not the new bad copy) to understand a bit of history. Nobody wants a palestinian state in Israel (except the Jews who don't belive in Torah) but they are not representative of the Jewish spirit. Israel Land belongs to G.d. Maybe should mr obama ask Him about the 2-state plan ?
5. Israel=Deadline; Iran=No-Deadline?
Jewish Refugee   (05.31.09)
Interestingly to note that the new administration sets its deadlines in a way that can spark a serious conflict in the Middle East. What happend to Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, and Pakistan? Don't they get their own deadlines or does the new administration really believes that by pressuring Israel out of existance will really solve all those problems? For more please visit: http://israelactnow.blogspot.com/
6. The problem Arab amnesia
Michael   (05.31.09)
7. Cannot have peace with time deadlines
Semsem ,   New York, USA   (05.31.09)
Cannot make peace with deadlines.
8. In case anybody is wondering, Obama will
leo ,   usa   (05.31.09)
resign in two years if Israeli-Arab problem is not resolved. . Either that or there will be new deadline even more stringent.
9. Tell you what, Mr. President
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (05.31.09)
Since you are such an idiot -- Set a deadline (hopefully, less than two years) for neutralizing the Iranian threat and maybe -- just maybe -- Israel will pay attention to you on the (non-starter) "two-state solution." Oh my goodness. Do you ever deserve to be impeached! You are an incompetent fool. I, too, went to Harvard Law School. I am ashamed to admit it, given that you went there as well. Did you learn nothing? It would appear that way.
10. to #8 I have the feeling
ghostq   (05.31.09)
he will resign but not because of mideast problems, he will have a lot of problems back home from the democrates as well.
11. Well if it doesn't work, impose sanctions!
Nour ,   Palestine   (05.31.09)
Can you smell the sanctions coming in the way of your state? The EU and soon enough the US are already talking about trade embargoes on the apartheid regime and its about time!
12. To: No. 11
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (05.31.09)
Oh, Nour, you're back at it. What you need to do is go back on your anti-schizophrenic medication. No one is talking about sanctions on Israel. That's your wishful thinking. The Palestinians are scorpions in a bottle and I think most sane people realize this. But, hey -- start packing. If the Palestinians are going to keep up that nonsense, you have a very clear fate. Pick the country of your choice. It isn't going to be Israel. We're pretty sick of you.
13. Obama, for whom I voted, plays music that cause me more and
Jerom Berger ,   Washington, DC U.S.A   (05.31.09)
more to regret having voted for him. In fact, as a Jew and a supporter of Israel, i feel that I have been mislead If Obama does not change his tune soon and stop accusing Israel and expecting from it what he does not expect from the Arabs I'll begin to actively advocate an opposition to him, on all fronts. I'm not sure Obama realizes why Israel is in the West Bank in the first place - it was militarily attacked from that territory during a was that was meant to wipe the Jewish state off the map - and what Israel's security needs really are. Israel left the Sinai, based on an agreement with Egypt, and signed a peace accord with Jordan. Israel has also removed every single civilian and soldier from the Gaza Strip and the northern Samaria only to become the target of thousands of rockets, mortar shells and roadside explosives. Israel can not take additional risks toward peace if the other side refuse even to recognize its right to exist. And the other side was offered 97% of the land by both Barak in 2000 and Olmert in 2008 and still rejected a peace agreement that would state that this would be the end of the conflict. Mr. Barak Hussein Obama, wake up because many of us in the U.S. don't like the music that we hear coming from the White House...!!
14. "proven and effective policies"
JG ,   Modiin   (05.31.09)
Like when the Suez Canal was internationalized in the 1950's, only to have Egypt nationalize it. Real proven and effective policies there! Oh yeah, for those who do not recall, when Israel acted against the Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal, the US opposed this and condemned this. When the US internationalizes Washington DC they can ask for Jerusalem to be internationalized. In the meantime, it should be noted that while Jordan forbids any Jew to buy land in Jordan, Israel allows the Moslem Wakf to control the Temple Mount. Ironic, ain't it?
15. EU and US argee: Israelis should be put on a diet
Nour ,   Palestine   (05.31.09)
16. to #11 yeah the sanction really helped
ghostq   (05.31.09)
in Iran case, either way the UN can't interfere in inner afairs of a certain state, and needless to say that the palestinian economy depends on the Israely economy, if the situation will be bad for Israel it's will be bad for the palestinians as well. certain basic servises will be halted.
17. Has Obama clarified with Muslims OK to Jewish-ruled Israel?
Sam ,   Canada   (05.31.09)
These politicians and diplomats spend hours and hours talking to each other about what? We know Obama would like to suck up to the Muslims. At a minimum he would like to bring to them a freeze on Jewish settlements. What has Obama got to tell the Jews about a change in the Palestinian (Muslim) position on refugees,borders and Jerusalem? Or are Obama advisers all hot air?
18. Mr. Berger # 13, I don't like the music coming out of the
Fred of St. Paul, MN ,   Visiting Tel-Aviv   (05.31.09)
White House. Being a Minnesota Jew, visiting Israel at the moment, I hear Obama and view reality and sea such a gap between reality and his understanding of it that I too regret having voted for him. I simply can't see how a viable state can be created in the West Bank and Gaza, nor can I understand why Jews should not bring children to the world while they live in places such as Beit El, Shilo or Hebron, places which are the cradle of Jewish history. Would Obama agree that African-American children will not be brought to the world just because they are black?
19. RESOUNDING DEMOCRAT DEFEAT AT NEXT ELECTION
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (05.31.09)
JEWISH AND PRO JEWISH SYMPATHISERS SHOULD BEAR IN MIND POLICIES ADVOCATED NOW,TO MAKE FOR A RESOUNDING DEFEAT AT NEXT ELECTION OF THE DEMOCRATS.IT IS ALSO IN ISRAEL"S INTEREST MOT TO PUT ALL IOTS EGGS IN ONE BASKET,AND SEEK OTHER ALLIANCES IN TRADE AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT.U.S.A MUST HENCEFORTH TAKE A PLACE FURTHE DOWN THE QUEUE .
20. WATER,GAS,ELECTRICITY,HOSPITALS
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (05.31.09)
SCHOOLS,BANKS,SOCIAL SERVICES, WORK, ,TAXIS,BUSES...ETC SHOULD SEEK THE CREATION OF THEIR OWN STATE WITHOUT ANY OF THESE JEWISH FACILITIES IMMEDIATELLY.ALL PRIVILEDGES SHOULD HENCEFORTH BE WITHDRAWN.TO SHOW HOW CLEVER PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CREW REALLY ARE.
21. Mr. President, you have lost my support for you.
Gabi ,   Rockville, MD   (05.31.09)
22. Will Obama discuss the widespread slavery in Saudi Arabia
Geulah ,   Bar Giora, Israel   (05.31.09)
and give the Saudis to cease owning slaves within two years? Some how I don't think he'll do that. Instead, he will push the Jews to stop bringing children into the world as part of the natural growth process, because he and his foreign minister can say it to Jews. P.S. I still remember Hillary keeping silent when Mrs. Arafat talked in her present about the Jews of Israel poisoning the people of Gaza with AIDS and atomic substances! Now she is part of the "team".
23. Why the surprise?
Rickster ,   USA   (05.31.09)
To those American Jews who voted for Obama and now feel betrayed, this was entirely predictable all along. I should talk, though. I supported Hillary in the primary, wanting to believe that she was not just posturing during the years she served as senator from NY. She was. She has now changed stripes (again) and bent to the will of the Obama administration and State Department.
24. NOTOTWOSTATES
Magdalen ,   Eilat Israel   (06.03.09)
Obama does not know what he is talking about. Obama wants to see the disembodiment of the State of Israel. How can a Palestinian State and and an Israeli State live side by side in peace, when the majority of Palestinians who voted Hamas into power, are bent upon the destruction of Israel? Impossible! The Israeli President put an ultra orthodox Zionist Party into power for a reason. Netanyahu and Liebermann will not agree to a two state solution, if Hamas continue terrorising Israel, perid. A two state solution depends on the Palestinians relinquishing its terror grip on Israel, and to acknowledging Israel's God given right to exist. Israel has existed for thousands of years, and it is not up to Barack Hussein Obama to rewrite History. Israel's claim to exist is set in the roots of its History, and it will not go away because some low life Palestinian Terror group demands it! Barack Hussein, TAKE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!
25. The two-year deadline
Observer; IMHO ,   Cincinnati OH; USA   (09.14.09)
This time it looks serious. The Judeo-Xtian alliance in the US is fraying because of economic pressures.The US seems unable to afford the luxury of Empire any more. Unfortunately, it is a fact that IF the Palestinians ever get a State the rockets will proliferate.It is the law of Tooth for a tooth in operation. Contrary to learned opinion on YNet, Isarel cannot survive without the US. If it could we would have bombed Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad long ago .We didn't/couldn't because Ronald Reagan stopped us.
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