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Saudi Arabia rebuffs US on ties to Israel
Yitzhak Benhorin and AP
Published: 31.07.09, 23:35
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1. FREE PALESTINE NOW
(07.31.09)
2. Oh, pitiful
Sarah B ,   New York City, USA   (07.31.09)
Don't screw the pooch. Plenty of good contacts between Israel and the Saudis. After all .... isn't it the Saudis that offered Israel the air corridor to Iran?
3. Abdullah gave him gold necklace already
cizi   (07.31.09)
The deal was done when Obama bowed to Abdullah and was given and accepted the gaudy gold necklace...see their smiling faces. And now impudent representatives are whining for more?...enuf already!
4. Saudi Chieftain and Jihadism
Brod ,   USA   (07.31.09)
How can the Saudi Chieftain respond to peace when he is the Chief Wahhabhist and main sponsor of Islamist-Jihadist terrorism/Jihadism around the world?
5. The Saudis just spit in Obama's face!
Darren ,   Oakland, CA   (07.31.09)
After Syrian and Iranian rebuffs to his "outreach" to the Arab world, now the Saudis are the third Islamic nation to spit in Obama's face. Why is anybody surprised that Obama's vision for the Middle East isn't working? Could it be because maybe because it's just a hyped-up version of Bush's vision for the Middle East? Change we can believe in? Guess again!
6. Lets Make a Deal
Sam ,   Nanuet USA   (07.31.09)
Israel withdraws from Jerusalem when Saudi Arabia Gives up Mecca and Medina. Sounds fair to me.
7. All U.S.Presidents
Dan ,   USA   (08.01.09)
Until the United States finds a way to not use Saudi oil, every president will be in the pocket of the Saudi Royals. Obama being a Muslim and being anti Israel ( you don't sit in the reverend Wright's church for 19 years and listen to his anti white and anti Jewish rants because you don't like it or don't believe in it. ) is just in the pocket a little deeper.
8. How about this deal...
Ron ,   L.A., U.S.A.   (08.01.09)
Israel gets to have have ALL of Eretz Y'israel, and the arabs can have the rest of the middle east. Sounds fair to me.
9. Cancel Palestine. Create Peace.
David ,   Boston, USA   (08.01.09)
When will the Arabs end their occupation of Jewish land, starting with the Holy of Holy, the Temple Mount. Arab states have no interest in peace, only spreading violence through their hate schools around the world. Saudi Gammorah along with the Land Of Aryans are the greatest threats to the world today.
10. Obama says.."Yes we can"...
Malone ,   Hfx   (08.01.09)
...the arabs say "no we won't"..lol You can't understand the Arab mindset while thinking with the western one,obama.. Get out of your ivory tower,the world is laughing at you...
11. Come on !
Walt K ,   Sherbrooke, Canada   (08.01.09)
I lost my arms when I found out how easy lot of us felt into the trap... Wake up ! She is born and raised as catholic and she used to spit on her first religion since her beginnings in the showbusiness... and now, most of us are pleased that she wants to be jewish... Anyway, let's wait and see, because she based her career on sacrileges and what can we expect about her ?.. Will she make apotasiate one day to become muslim, because... big market ? Don't forget, if it is brillant, it is not necessary gold...
12. looks like a beer summit is needed
John ,   Boise, Idaho USA   (08.01.09)
A good ol fashioned backyard picnic would take care of these matters in a hurry. If the saudi king can come up with those much needed "dramatic gestures" like Egypt and Jordan, that would solve the problem quickly and we would all enjoy decades of peace, courtesy of fizzel with the sizzle.
13. SARAH
THE REF ,   New Jersey   (08.01.09)
Sarah, Im married but will run off with you anytime. Every time you post I fall for you more.
14. Israel "distracting" world?
Sarah B ,   New York City, USA   (08.01.09)
Shame on you. It's the Palestinians and their made-up plight that has distracted the world. They have co-opted aid and headlines that rightfully belong to the horrific situations in Dharfur, the Hindu Kush, the Congo, Somalia and North Korea, to name but a few. And, of course, the spotline does need to be shone on your nasty primitive country --- we in the civilized world really hate it when minors are beheaded in public for little or no reason. Hang on ---- your day in the sun is coming. I promise. And you won't be happy with the outcome. (Another primitive, backward Islamic regime about to bite the dust ..... YAAAAYYYY!)
15. Saudis want everything their way, thats no way
lola ,   la   (08.01.09)
what a surpirse, saudi arabia won't lift a finger to help obama, the palestinians and surely not israel to make peace. its their way of the highway. Well they can keep the road to Mecca, brecause they will never get Jerusalem and because of that they will never make peace. What will happen if Israel accepts their offer, returns to the 67 boarders and hamas and hezbollah start firing rockets. the whole region will go up in smoke. The middle east is better off like this, a perpetual state of non peace and non war.
16. how to achieve peace
Barney ,   USA   (08.01.09)
Israel should strengthen its military and intelligence even more. Israel should proceed with settling the land they are the rightful owners of and that they won when the adversaries lost their war of aggression and they should ignore world opinion when it is at the expense of their own security. Israel is not the one in the position to make concessions. Israel should consider peace when the whole "palestinian" agenda morphs into something tolerant and accepting of a Jewish nation in the middle east. Until then- take a hike!!!
17. Only if Mecca + Medina will be accessible 4 non-muslims also
S.   (08.01.09)
18. Saud : hey scum of earth, take it or leave it .
(08.01.09)
19. The dictator of a brutal regime throws toys out of pram
Jamie ,   London   (08.01.09)
Please someone explain why Israel, a democratic state, the only one in the region should listen to demands being made by a backward 7th century Islamic dictator??
20. Maybe Obama needs to bow a little deeper next time
RB   (08.01.09)
that will do the trick.
21. It's simply disgusting how a feudal
(08.01.09)
country where beheadings are still performed in public and where a few hundred detain money and power, can dictate the strongest democracy and country in the world. Israel, on the other hand, will never submit not even an inch of Jerusalem or Israeli territory. If the Arabs who are using a fake and stolen name from the Roman times(palestine!!!), are so hateful and criminal that they can't even see ration, let alone peace, do not want quiet, prosperity and peace, let them choke in their own hatred. Israel, with or without American politicians, is here to stay forever !
22. #2 Keep Dreaming, and don't wake up
Nour ,   Palestine   (08.01.09)
23. Yet another Obama, international success!
Cameron ,   USA   (08.01.09)
True to form, everyone "likes" this guy, but they all tell him to get lost. The ultimate progressive floating about in the hard, cold world.
24. Stop dragging the US into this conflict.
Sami ,   Atlanta, USA   (08.01.09)
25. FREE ISRAEL NOW!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.01.09)
26. #22 Keep dreaming of destroying Israel, and don't wake up!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.01.09)
27. Yeah, so much for negotiations "without preconditions"!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.01.09)
28. #17 if only lions sleep on the trees
observer   (08.01.09)
I've worked for the last few years in Makkah. in a hospital about 12 km from the center of the town. Most of the paramedic staff were Christians. Some physicians were also non-Muslims. Why the Palestinians are not allowed in the settlements? aren't those on their stolen land? doesn't the US recognize that settlements on occupied land are illegal? why are settlers' weapons supplied by the US? why IDF's weapons are supplied by the US? why the Americans' tax money is used to feed the settlers and shelter them?
29. # 26 Your day dream will not come true
(08.01.09)
30. #28 So many incoherent and out-of-context rants!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.01.09)
"observer", I came to expect more "class" from you. Now I see that your hatred and racism only degenerates you more - just like it has been happening to all your Islamo-Leftist pals. I see that this kind of degeneration is inevitable and final. Now you sound much more like "Atilla K." (another degenerate moron) - and that's NOT a compliment. As expected, those "several years in Makkah" must have had a terminal effect on your (lack of) intellect and humanity... I guess you have to change your (supposedly non-biased) "observer" alias to a more relevant "Jihadist from Makka" alias. At least it will be easier to understand the context of your posts and position and duly ignore them as Islamo-Leftist propaganda.
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