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Abbas meets J Street reps in Ramallah
Elior Levy
Published: 08.05.11, 23:52
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1. Once and for all
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (05.09.11)
When were the 1967 borders established and by what Authority was it done ? Pls., no personal opinions or conjecture, just the facts
2. Demands will lead him no where.
Ypip ,   Canada   (05.09.11)
3. info
Z ,   Pest   (05.09.11)
1. J Street’s political action committee receives funds from The Saudi Arabian embassy’s attorney. Nancy Dutton. 2. J Street adamantly denied that that J Street received funds from the Israel- loathing George Soros and then finally admitted that it.received the funds. 3. J Street joined with the pro-Iranian lobby, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), to oppose congressional efforts to impose sanctions on Iran. Ben-Ami and NIAC director Trita Parsi co-authored an anti-sanctions article titled “How Diplomacy Can Work with Iran” in Huffington Post in June 2009. At the Knesset, J Street Director Ben Ami lied and said that J Street had never opposed sanctions against Iran. 4. J Street received large contributions from one of NIAC’s directors, Genevieve Lynch of New York. She serves on J Street’s Finance Committee, and her J Street PAC contributions exceed $10,000 per year. 5. J Street’s PAC received tens of thousands of dollars from one of the leaders of the Arab American community, Richard Abdoo. J Street’s relationship with the Arab American Institute is very tight. 6. J Street PAC repeatedly took contributions from a Turkish American, Mehmet Celebi of Chicago. The Hillary Clinton presidential campaign dropped Celebi in 2008 when they discovered he helped produce Valley of the Wolves, a viciously anti-American and anti-Semitic Turkish film.
4. West Bank
the missus   (05.09.11)
With old abbas agreeing to join the hamas then I think that ALL arabs must get the hell off israeli land which also includes East Jerualem. The Abbas thugs don't get it, do they? It's true, their heads are as thick as shit in the neck of a bottle!
5. TO ABBAS - BUILD ISRAEL BUILD!
stude ham   (05.09.11)
until these anti-israel rabble rousers demonstrate any hint that they are willing to accept peaceful coexistence with israel... and so far they have not and are most unwilling to do so... israel has no other choice than to use her bulldozers to BUILD ISRAEL BUILD!
6. Traitors of jstreet
John cone ,   USA   (05.09.11)
Traitors of jstreet
7. j
michael Pielet ,   boca raton, Israel   (05.09.11)
J street is not a Jewish lobby. Its a bunch of anitsemites funded by George Soros Schwartz an hungarian jewish anti-semite who is only interested in doing harm to Israel
8. THE DUMB AND DUMBMER MEET
GLENN ,   YUCAIPA,USA   (05.09.11)
9. THE PROPHECY OF THE BOOK OF OBADIAH IS GETTING CLOSER BEING
GLENN ,   YUCAIPA,USA   (05.09.11)
FULLFILLED
10. J Street= Traitor Street:; no to israel self defense, yes to
JORDAN ,   IS PALESTINE   (05.09.11)
iran nukes both are things j street endorsed by its actions. specifiically their positions were against israel stopping the kassam missilies on the townspeople of southern israel thru military action they were against sanction on iran. fools and ignorance= j street
11. Abbas sees RED and gets COLD feet
CK Tan ,   Singapore, Singapore   (05.09.11)
Red lines, that is, from Britain and France re ANY refusal by a pali govt whose GOAL is to destroy Israel. Abbas' GAMBIT to circumvent DIRECT peace talks with Israel FAILS miserably and now WHIMPERS that seeking UN nod for a TERRORIST state is not his GOAL. And the laughable pali CIRCUS carries on.
12. reinforce the moats!
Chanale ,   IL   (05.09.11)
with Barenboim in Gaza for Holocaust Day and Ben Ami in Ramallah for Yom Hazikharon, Israel is surrounded by its own leftist garbage.
13. Ramallah flotilla
Chanale ,   IL   (05.09.11)
It seems the Gaza flotilla with Ben Ami at its helm got lost and washed up in the West Bank.
14. 3-how dare he step into the valley of the wolves
Ypip ,   Canada   (05.09.11)
well there's lunch...
15. J Street went to get their marching orders, but instead of
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (05.09.11)
coming to Israel and listen to Israelis, to how and why they think and do, the anti-Israel/anti-peace organization went to listen to those with Jewish blood on their hands who just "wedded" the Islamist Hamas, with even more Jewish blood on its members' hands.
16. Personally,...?
Gideon Reader ,   USA   (05.09.11)
I would not shake hands or "meet" with that J-Streetwalker, under threat of anything less than a John Moses Browning invention whose caliber begins with 4. If he considers his contribution towards the State of Israel and the Jewish people is forwarded; bolstered by meeting a bona fide enemy-anti semite cum terrorist & terrorist supporter, well lots of luck to him. And may that luck be all bad.
17. J Street
Seymour in Berkeley ,   Berkeley   (05.09.11)
Would someone translate this article into English.
18. "Although part of the Jewish lobby in the US"
Seth ,   Washington, DC   (05.09.11)
I live in DC and I can assure you that nobody that I've met - in my family, friends, Israeli citizens in my family and associates...NOBODY considers J Street "part of the Jewish lobby in the US." J Street is considered a joke - part of the ANTI-Jewish lobby in the U.S.
19. TWO TERRORIST FACTIONS UNITE - HAMAS & PA
Abraham ben Jacob ,   Canada   (05.09.11)
How does " terrorism unity " between PA and Hamass contribute to anything resembling decency, honesty or remotely resemble peace.
20.  #3-Z pest - I AGREE-- people SHOULD READ #3 re: J-Street
Abraham ben Jacob ,   Canada   (05.09.11)
J-Street has ben proven to be liars and deceivers and bad for Israel
21. Major error in this article...
Roscio ,   Rome, Italy   (05.09.11)
J-Street is NOT part of the Jewish lobby in the US. It gets its funding from sworn enemies of Israel and of the Jewish people. Their choice to desecrate the Day of Remembrance with a meeting with Abbas, who financed the Munich Massacre and whose doctorate thesis (a standard schooltext in the PA) is an attempt to deny the Holocaust, and who names public places in honor of killers of Jewish children - well, this action combined with the actions accurately outlined by talk-back writer #3 says it all. Ynet, please correct this error, as it reflects badly on your publication. Thank you.
22. Self hating Jews like J Street
Standing Tall ,   USA   (05.09.11)
23.  J Street and Neturei Karta
citizen   (05.09.11)
two peas in the same pod. No difference between J Street and Neturei Karta, both very pro palestinian, cavorting with Arafat, Hamas (even Ahmadinejad). Both are anti-Zionist and ready to sell Israel, one believes Jews have no right to Israel until the Jewish Messiah comes, the other believes that 'if this collective Jewish presence (Jewish State in the Middle East) can only survive by the sword, then Israel really ain't a good idea' -- said Daniel Levy one of the founders of J Street at their conference earlier this year. On the eve of Yom Atzmaut, we should remember that the enemy within is worse then all the enemies surrounding us, including the new anti-Semites who use the anti-Zionist agenda to delegitimize Israel.
24. Let's face it...
Ussishkin ,   Tel Aviv Israel   (05.09.11)
...We are occupiers, but after the UN Genreal Assembly vote in September we will be invaders, just like Sadam Hussein and Kuwait. Is that really what we want to be?
25. Zz
Me   (05.09.11)
Jstreet is certainly controversial to the far-right israeli lobby, which can't keep itself to create antisemitism by amalgamating the whole diaspora to indefensible israeli policies, trying to silent and defame any moderate and dissident voice to its far-right amoral and counter-productive hasbara.
26. BJ #1 The legal borders of the State of Israel....
Ben Alofs ,   Bangor, UK   (05.09.11)
are described in UNGAR 181 (the November 1947 partition plan). This is international law. The pre-June 1967 borders were defined by the armistice line, when the fighting in 1949 ceased. Which borders do you prefer, Mr Ben Jabo?
27. #1
observer ,   Jerusalem/Palestine   (05.09.11)
the 1967 borders were created by israel, israel was declared in 1948, west bank, jerusalem, gaza, golan, south lebanon were not included.
28. 67 Borders
Robin Katz ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (05.09.11)
What was wrong with the 67 borders in 1967? Seems to me that even the 1948 borders were a problem to Palestinians and their Arab brothers, who have Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Saudia Arabia, Egypt, etc. etc. Look at a map of the whole middle east when considering whether the division of land has been fair!
29. J-Street would also meet with Hizbollah, Hamas & Ahmadinejad
Al-Yahud ,   USA   (05.09.11)
I truly believe that J-Street would also meet with Hizbollah, Hamas & Ahmadinejad. They are well known to have received funding from Arabs/Muslims. Do not trust J-Street.
30. "Critical" of settlements issue? No, J Street lies about it.
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (05.09.11)
Despite the fact that Israel has one of the world's strongest economies, J Street continues its policy claiming that settlements "have drained Israel’s economy, military, and democracy and eroded the country’s ability to uphold the rule of law." According to J Street, Israel is in poverty, our military is weak, and we are a wild west nation of criminals unable to enforce the law. I don't live in that mythical country that J Street talks about. It doesn't exist.
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