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Palestinian state now
Orly Azoulay
Published: 06.07.10, 11:29
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1. Obama
Lioness ,   Israel   (07.06.10)
Barak Hussein Obama is NO friend of Israel. If he was he would understand that the Gaza experiment FAILED. Hamas took over and over 8000 rockets have been fired at Israel. We have one kidnapped soldier who has been a hostage in some hole for 4 years. We the people of Israel do not want another situation where we will withdraw, this time from the center of OUR country so that rockets will be fired at Tel Aviv, Ranaana, Kfar Saba, Netanya, Modiim, Jerusalem, Afula etc. This country is only 40 miles wide between the Mediteranian Sea and the River Jordan. Not enough room for another state. There will only be true peace when Jordan which occupies 76% of the Mandate land with a Palestinian population of 77% of its people becomes the Palestinian State of Jordan. Jordan IS Palestine!!!
2. OBAMA OUT IN 2012!
Mea   (07.06.10)
3. Irresponsible.
Terry ,   Eilat - Israel   (07.06.10)
Another idiot with zero sense of responsibility, zero forsight, not a care in the world for consequences, able to ignore all evidence of prior failure, not a mention of specific details like Jerusalem, borders, the possibility of a Hamas take-over, what about the disaster of evacuating so many Jews from their homes? Not a care in the world, typical of air-head Leftist obsession with everyone's well-being except ours, notice not a mention of what WE get out of this deal besides a major threat to our security. Is there a peace treaty? Is there recognition of Israel as a Jewish state? Is there an end to ALL future claims? What about the so-called right of return for phoney refugees? Better yet, what about the opinion of the majority of Israeli voters? Is this why Netanyahu was elected? You read this & you know why the Left is so discredited, marginalized. And Iran? Talk about wishful thinking, as if Obama has done a thing to prevent a nuclear Iran. All he's done is try & stop US from stopping Iran.
4. Garbage. There will be no Palestinian state
Scott   (07.06.10)
..They dont want one. They want Israel destroyed one way or the other. There is no dealing with the "Palestinians" . Its all BS. So sick of hearing about it. Obama can do what he likes - nothing will change.
5. Before all else Mr Obama must apologize to the Jewish people
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (07.06.10)
Mr. Obama has exhibited hostility towards Israel, its elected officials, its government and its ministries and towards Israel's courts and their decisions. Mr. Obama, in so doing, has insulted and humiliated time and again not only the prime minister of the national home of the Jewish people but the Jewish people as a whole by indirectly questioning the legitimacy of Israel's right to exist and by putting down some of the Jewish people's most important symbols of renewed Jewish sovereignty in the Jewish people's ancestral homeland. Indeed, Obama, despite being perceived abroad as "progressive", has taken a racist stand against the Jews and only against the Jews by insisting that Jews, only because they are Jewish, may not reside in certain parts of town...!! This racist demand passed from the world in the United States more than half a century ago in a formal way. Yet, the "progressive" Obama and his "liberal" right hand person, Clinton, have demanded and continue to demand, against Israel's Supreme Court decisions, that Jews must refrain from moving into neighborhoods of Israel's capital city, Jerusalem, DC (Jerusalem, David's City). Netanjahu's quarrel and indeed the people of Israel's quarrel is not with America and the American people. It is however with the temporary president of the United States, Barack (derived from the Arabic Barakah) Hussein Obama and with his mentor, Rev. J. Wright. Isn't time Obama apologized for his hostile attitude towards Israel and the Jewish people...??!!
6. Collect Payment From Obama
Dan ,   Titusville, FL   (07.06.10)
Obama is in NO position to demand anything from P.M. Netanyahu. Obama has become LESS popular than Jimmy Carter, a feat long thought impossible, and has lost the Jewish vote. It is P.M. Netanyahu that makes demands upon Obama. 1. The Palestinians should lay down all weapons. World Opinion will shield them. 2. Jerusalem is Israel's UNDIVIDED Capitol. 3. Judea & Samaria are sovereign Israeli land by virtue of Arabs having been lost it in war. 4. Palestinians living in Israel, a Jewish State, must convert to Judaism.
7. Bibi must count his fingers after shaking hands.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (07.06.10)
8. Israel at crossroad but no prefect option
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (07.06.10)
Israel gains and loses no matter which option it takes. Room to grow and strong borders are important but so is long term peace. Israel will have to stand alone or follow Roadmap layed out or supported by most of the world.
9. why don't we wait and see the outcome before we listen
shadoil ,   Jerusalem   (07.06.10)
to some journalist trying to make a name for herself. Just how does she know whats going to be going on? Geez!
10. "feeling on top of the world for 24 hours
tiki ,   belgie   (07.06.10)
Natanyahu may be a lot of things, but a 'fool is not one of them. He knows who's opposite him and why. Now it's 'up to him to show Israeli LEADERSHIP by standing up for the 'rights of the Jews in HIS country. He's not there for the benefit of the 'Palestinians....they didn't choose him, they chose Hamas and the PA with their murderous charter.
11. Two States = Suicide
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (07.06.10)
All else is commentary.
12. Obama-Netanyahu negotiations
Jcenter ,   Jerusalem   (07.06.10)
Former Ambassador Dore Gold speaks on MSNBC about the Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington and the state of the relationship between the United States and Israel. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJerusalemCenter#p/u/17/WC9bxG1xI-w
13. Beloved Palestine, now now ,not tomorrow
Salma ,   Palestine   (07.06.10)
Netanyaho has no option but to go along with Obama Obama has no option but to break away from the grip of the pro-"Israeli" lobby and follow a policy that protects American interests in the region and beyond. Palestinians have no option but to uphold their legitimate rights, no matter how long it takes,the state of Palestine will return to the light again good luck "Bibi" :)
14. Salma - what "legitimate rights"???
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (07.06.10)
Before 1967, the west bank was known as Jordan. Before that it was part of Turkey. Before that and before that and before that....it was always part of something else, and before that it was Israel. What "legitimate rights" are you talking about? The "legitimate right to resist the occupation" by killing Israeli civilians? No, that's not a right, that's a war crime. While the majority of us Israelis are now willing to grant Palestinians their own state (if they'd ever sit down to direct negotiations it certainly would help them), despite the fact that there never was a country called "Palestine" before. Remember, you Palestinians still don't think us Jews have a "legitimate right" to live in our own homeland. Or are you one of those Palestinian propagandists who says that Jews were invented in Siberia and should go "home" to Poland? (Tell that to the Jews who were ethnically cleansed from Morocco and Iraq and Egypt and Lebanon and Libya!) Legitimate? But not in the way you say "legitimate". We want peace, but you Palestinians still don't see to want it. If you do, tell your government to go to direct peace talks. And, of course, do something about Hamas, which is on the record as officially being in favor of war.
15. Who decides for Israel?
Yossef   (07.06.10)
Are we an independent state or a banana republic? We lack of dignity, on this side we have much to learn from arabs!
16. Salma just for your information......
Daniela   (07.06.10)
Palestine never existed. This land never was yours.
17. Until and unless the Muslim-Arab world accepts Israel's...
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (07.06.10)
...RIGHT to be, to exist as the nation-state of the Jewish people, little substance can be discussed for the simple reason: If the Muslim-Arabs do not accept Israel's RIGHT, who is to guarantee that once the Jewish people lowers its guards they will not attempt, once again, to wipe Israel off the face of earth...?? And why doesn't the Muslim-Arab is willing to accept a peace treaty as the "end of the conflict" if it's intention is peaceful, or is it...??
18. Jordan is Palestine
Mark ,   Jerusalem   (07.06.10)
http://www.mythsandfacts.org/Conflict/mandate_for_palestine/Mandate%20for%20Palestine-11-20-07-English.pdf Palestinian people please read this because this is your home
19. With people like Orly Azulai our enemy's
Israeli 2   (07.06.10)
victory is assured. Obama is an Angel from Heaven and little poodle Netanyahu better behave or he will not have his cookie. I only wonder if Orly knows to complete this sentence: Rabot machshavot belev ish..........
20. #13 There was NEVER a state of 'Palestine'
Matityahu ,   Lodz, Poland   (07.06.10)
And it won't be any as long as you lick iranian mullah's asses to get rockets and mortar shells to kill Jews. You had too many chances, maybe you'll get another one, if you're kind and polite to Israel. And forget Jerusalem.
21. #13 Salma
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (07.06.10)
When was there an Arab state or nation called "Palestine" in the Middle East?
22. Time Warp
Nick ,   Tel Aviv Israel   (07.06.10)
Those of us who've studied history should feel a cold shiver up our spines reading this article. We're haunted by the ghost of the guy with the funny mustache meeting with the British PM and with the leaders of European states. "Peace In Our Time" and "Peace Now" - slogans misleading the people and leading to the same result. And all this happening in the Three Weeks! What horrors are slouching towards Jerusalem to be born on the 9th of Av 5770?
23. Palestinian state now - JORDAN
Truth Hertz ,   UK   (07.06.10)
24. :: Eitan - #17 - Name one other country...
Matty Groves ,   Fairport   (07.06.10)
...that has the ‘right’ to exist? England maybe? Canada perhaps? No. Does France, Italy or any other European country recognize Israel’s so-called ‘right to exist’? No they don’t and Israel will never ask these countries to accept this so-called right because they would laugh in your face. In truth NO country has a so-called ‘right’ to exist. This rubbish about Israel having a supposed ‘right to exist’ was created in the late 60’s and it was borne out of deep-seated insecurity. No other nation is so insecure in itself that it required a ‘special recognition’ that it is ‘permitted to exist’. Egypt and Jordan were never asked to recognize Israel’s so-called ‘right to exist’ when they signed peace treaties. Israel has NO ‘right’ to exist - it just ‘exists’ like any other nation on this earth. Get over your insecurity and paranoia and realize the fact that Israel is not entitled to some made up ‘right’ which nobody is going to accept least of all the Arab nations.
25. Terror state creation process
Frank ,   Canada   (07.06.10)
The Left is not able to deliver the promised goods of peace so they are altering the definition of peace as the creation of a terror state at war with Israel. Give real peace a chance, ignore the bloodthirsty Left.
26. Hold fast Bibi, hold fast. Don't cave to the
Allan ,   Ft. Lauderdale   (07.06.10)
suicidal demands of Nobama. Abbas is not doing us any favors by allowing us to keep the Kotel. No on Jerusalem no onYehuda and Shomron. Israel is the victor and it is Israel that should dictate peace terms. Not the other way around.
27. Hussajn O
Dana Rothschild ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.06.10)
needs something, anything, to show an achievement, as up to this day all he can only look at his failures.... so he wants to show the world the "Palestinian" state..... Gaza included????
28. #5
Michael ,   Haifa   (07.06.10)
One of the funniest talkbacks I have read in a long time. Thank you.
29. #24
Yaron ,   USA   (07.06.10)
You are a tool
30.  ORLY HAZUYA....
OZ   (07.06.10)
here you go again with your infentile ,incorrect and wishfull -thinking analysis.. obama is in no position now to didctateto israel anything.. this is a broken down presidency, albeit still dangerous to the usa and the world.. he is feeling the heat from the american public. this radical moslem clueless in cheif, is on the run... in 4 monthes he'll be as a lamm-duck as a duck will ever be. stand fast ,bibbi, this obamanation will pass too.
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