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Obama welcomes Netanyahu's two-state speech
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 15.06.09, 01:27
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1. Palestinian State will need safeguards.
Peter Morris ,   New Zealand   (06.15.09)
Israel has got enough military to worry about its own security. A Palestinian state will need the fullest assurance from the international community that Israel cannot under any pretext violate the borders. This will mean removing all blockades and restrictions on air space etc. There will always be odd balls who will do a suicide however under no circumstances can Israel be allowed to carry on in the manor it has for the last 50 years. The trade off fo no military must be a return to 1967 borders.
2. Good News
Goliath   (06.15.09)
Even though the speech is far from what is hoped, at least the PM recognizes the independence of Palestinian state.
3. Reasonable Conditions
Bill ,   Illinois USA   (06.15.09)
The conditions for peace laid out by Netanyahu are reasonable which the Palestinians should be willing to agree to, that is, if they really want peace with Israel. I don't believe they do. Bibi knows those conditions will be unacceptable to the Islamic world and so does Obama. Even if the Palestinians did agree to disarm it wouldn't be long before the arms smuggling would begin. I would rather that Bibi had flat out rejected the " two-state solution."
4. This Demilitarized State He Referred To Is
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (06.15.09)
Jordan.
5. To Bibi (and Israel). Let the Arabs Stew
Dav Lev ,   Burbank, CAUSA   (06.15.09)
Bibi caved into the Obama administration, by offering the Arab another state (to have 23 with over 3m square miles to Israel's 8,000 square miles). Bibi became Obama's whore..knowing the consequences of saying to hims, no. The entire world is demanding this nonsensical solution, which Hamas, Hez and Iran are laughing at. They will beef up their armies...Iran will test the "bomb" (despite their excuse for elections-where were you Carter to supervise?). Nothing has change. The I hate Israel crowd wants Israel w/o Jews...it's supporters worldwide are gearing up for their negative responses. Abbas says w/o Jerusalem and right of return..it's a non-starter. To Israel (and Bibi): you made your offer..don't back down one iota..you were sui generous. In 67, and 73 you defeated massive Arab armies..and now must act like the defeated. Stop your internal quibbling..you threw the gauntlet..now let the Arabs stew in their own pig fat.
6. 3 for 4 is not a bad day at the plate
avramele   (06.15.09)
a palestinian state asthe homeland for returning refugees a Jewish state (the raison detre of partition and balances the constitutions of all but 2 muslim/arab states that officially speak of the Islam or the Arab nation) demiltarization of the Palestinian state (US has always backed this position) from this leftists perspective all good and right... natural growth inthe settlements? is Israel to go to war over a couple if apartments and balconies... he could have finessed this one better and to be fair, even he didn't hit a home run, should that any of these issues keep the Palestinians away from the negotiating table your up Mr. Abbas!
7. smart speech
alan ,   texas   (06.15.09)
why antagonize the US when he can sipport a demilitarized arab state? the arabs will never agree to this, so there will never be an arab state under this plan. Netanyahu is much smarter than obama!
8. Obama Pleased
Marcel ,   Florida   (06.15.09)
That should awaken even those in a coma to Mr.Compromise,Bibi. Obama knows he can squeeze the lemon and get more from it as the first gentle squeeze delivered a Palestinian state with requirements that Israel does not have the spine to enforce. The lemon poodle Benji proves that he is easy to push and this is why Israel's great enemy Obama is pleased. The happy,naive Jews got their little crumb from the P.M. and are off chewing. The wise Jews know who the poodle serves and look to Hashem only for help..
9. Leadership
Jason, Ph.D. ,   Charlotte, USA   (06.15.09)
Bibi showed great leadership and vision. He spoke the truth. Just igonore the nay-sayers who will complain about it.
10. peace!!
Safia ,   Algeria..   (06.15.09)
la carte a negociƩ,c'est Jerusalem,trop important pour le monde musulman....
11. ALL OF THIS WILL GO TO HELL !!!.
ORAO STRANKA. ,   TSARIGRAD U SRBIA.   (06.15.09)
JEHOVAH HAS PROMISED, TO BRING BACK ALL JEWS AND ISRAELIS IN THE WORLD. Isaiah 54 1"Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear! Break forth into singing and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife," saith the LORD. 2Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. 3For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. HESEKIEL CHAP.47., Verses - 13. Thus saith the Lord GOD: "This shall be the border whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions. 14And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another, concerning which I lifted up Mine hand to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 15"And this shall be the border of the land: toward the north side, from the Great Sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad, 16Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. 17And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenon, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. 18"And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. 19"And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the Waters of Strife in Kadesh, the river to the Great Sea. And this is the south side southward. 20"The west side also shall be the Great Sea from the border till a man come opposite Hamath. This is the west side. 21"So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. 22And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you. And they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23And it shall come to pass that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. NETANYAHU IS NOT A MAN OF GOD NOR A ZIONIST. Orao.
12. A wonderful speech
Shalom   (06.15.09)
Bibi spoke the right language for his targetted audience. Contrary to public belief, he didn't "give" anything. He is no fool - he knows that a de-militarised palestinian state without Jlm as a capital is not going to happen in the next 60 years.
13. Noisemaking
Jerrold Cohen ,   Seal Beach, USA   (06.15.09)
So far, both Netanyahu and Obama are just making noise. Netenyahu has given the Palestinian conditions they will never accept and Obama has made the diplomatic noise to say Netenyahu has said something of substance, which he did not.
14. credibility
Michael ,   Haifa   (06.15.09)
The speech has the same amount of credibility as the standard pitch of a used car salesman.
15. Good Job Bibi.
ussa   (06.15.09)
May G-d bless Israel and may all those who would chop up His land, themselves get choped up into pieces. Amen.
16. This will never happen and Bibi knows this.
Chaim ,   Arad   (06.15.09)
17. reality say other wise.
ghostq   (06.15.09)
the palis started it with civil war and going to end it in one, fatah and hamas will fight for power it will be 2 different palis states one gaza the other west bank, west bank will make peace with Israel and Gaza will get nothing.
18. It was a rather fine stroke by Netanyahu
Cameron ,   USA   (06.15.09)
He & Israel made the great leap the Arab World has been howling for, but a qualified leap with fundamental boundaries. He has put the shoe, and work, on the Arab foot at this point. Metternich would smile.
19. PA rejected this, they want the "right" to shoot down
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (06.15.09)
Israeli planes over "their" state. They will demand tanks and planes and submarines. This is the stuff comic books are made.
20. Netanyahu betrayed us again
Yehudi ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (06.15.09)
He agreed to having a foreign state in the Land of Israel, the Land that G-d gave to the Jewish people. He has given in to pressure from Obama. This could be the first step in the destruction of Israel. If we could not stop Gaza from arming to the teeth, how will we have any hope of stopping a Palestinian state from doing so?
21. If b.o, the jihad house and the eurabian union
jason white ,   afula,israel   (06.15.09)
liked the speech,then bibi said the wrong things! bibi is the p.m. of Israel and not the poodle of our enemies. Even Jewish supporters of b.o. are starting to wonder about him and who he really is. Too late!
22. Bibi has gone against his own constitution!
Jay333 ,   Israel   (06.15.09)
The Likud Constitution states: Chapter 2: Objectives Preserving the right of the Jewish Nation to the Land of Israel as an eternal, inalienable right, perseverance in the settlement and development of all parts of the Land of Israel and implementation of the State's sovereignty on them.
23. I Can Say What Bibi Cannot
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (06.15.09)
Obama go to hell you fraudulent ,nasty creep.
24. obama/bibi
sas ,   isrqael   (06.16.09)
u wererplaying gold while he was speaking. are you not ashamed?????? or too snobbish. and it is VERY SAD.the REAL YOU is coming to reality
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