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Jordan’s king: Mideast peace prospects in 2011 slim
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Published: 16.06.11, 08:03
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1. By a thread
Mark ,   USA   (06.16.11)
Abdullah's existence hangs by a thread...he's a Saudi who rules a country of Palestinian arabs, and it wouldn't take much to ignite a popular resistance (unless the army and secret police can keep the lid on things).
2. Shame on you king Abdullah!!!!
Anon ,   SA   (06.16.11)
Israel's fault is it?? The Jordanian King should tread very carefully. Anyone wonder why there has been zero investigation into Jordanian land grabs? Britain probably instructing him to remain under the stone he crawled from for fear of uncovering the REAL TRUTH. You afraid Israel's right wing gov will show up your criminal behaviour, King Abdulla? Here's a way to keep the peace in the region :- admit you stole Jerusalem and the west bank from the Jews and rehabilitate the people your father lied to in '47, the same ones he tried to massacre in the '70s
3. Jordan was supposed to be the Arabs share of Palestine!
JAy3 ,   Israel   (06.16.11)
When will we have a politician that has the balls to tell the truth?
4. peace prospects in 2011 slim
Sam ,   Uk   (06.16.11)
wise king, although it will fall on deaf ears in Israel
5.  King ?????
Mahmood Yaseyn ,   Amman Jordan   (06.16.11)
This man is a dog, and must be removed from our country.
6. Just resign and declare "Jordan" to be
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (06.16.11)
Palestine...you will win the Peace Nobel prize...Mr. Hussein...!
7. King
Chiara ,   Italy   (06.16.11)
relax Mahmood the King is a nice person. the only bastion of justice in the Arab world.
8. The only thing that will stop is the DILLUSION
JP   (06.16.11)
that Arabs want peace. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
9. Key US ally????
Ilan ,   Ariel   (06.16.11)
Because they are a major trading partner with the US? Because they help the US defend it's interests in the ME? Because they are a vital partner in developing advanced technology used by the US? OH, because they say thank you nicely when given an aid package.
10. HERE IS THE SIMPLE TRUTH
Mark from Georgia ,   USA   (06.16.11)
First, all the "Arab Spring" has revealed, is a hatred of Israel. Those Arab countries that had leaders that allied themselves with the USA, i.e. Egypt, are gone and it seems at least one of the main grievances was the Israeli/Egyptian treaty. So the King's assessment that the "Arab Spring" has opened some sort of window, is nonsense. Second, King Abdullah 2 never addresses Hamas becoming part of the so called "Unity" government. That the Palestinians cannot bring themselves to say 6 simple words, as BiBi pointed out yesterday in this paper. The problem has never been Israel, but the Arabs. That's where the old adage of: "if Israel were to disarm there would be NO Israel, If the Palestinians disarmed, there would be peace" So at the end of the day, the fault for failure of the peace process rests entirely with the Palestinians. Their desire to destroy Israel, is greater than their desire to have a country.
11. # 5 to Mahmut, you are so right.....
selman   (06.16.11)
People must be blind not to see that the main purpose of the King !!!!! is to see a kind of peace, i would say even a cease fire between Israelis and the palestinians, in order to start his deportation of His palestinians to the new so called Palestine. Open your eyes , my dear, the real country of the pals is Jordan. Dont be fool. This so called Hachamite King has usurpated your country. Dont let him manipulate the world, with his manners of sensitive of the fate of Pals. Just dont let him, the Kingdom is your country, Just take possesion, and you'll see the friendship and the love of Israel for you.
12. mr abdallah Do You Have Any Documented
Wondering   (06.16.11)
History of the hashemite's and their so-called kindom? arab/bedouins Your subjects are Throughly Discussed with you and your queen. Is it Getting Hot in jordan right about now? Just Wondering?
13. #6 chris Correction If abdallah Leaves
Wondering   (06.16.11)
transjordan is Partly Israeli Land Given Freely From Hashem To The Boys of Jacob The Patriarch Of The Hebrew/Jewish People and Jersulem Is The Eternal Capital. This is Fact !!! Hows angela merkel doing? Just Wondering?
14. I didn't know, that everything is so simple
Yaëlle Schlichting ,   Raubling Germany   (06.16.11)
Okay! I think we should be more humble. At least he didn't blame Israel to be responsible for all the wars, the Arabs have started and lost. I mean, It wasn't nice from Jews. This wasn't the game. Actually the war's were intended to wipe Israel from the landscape and Jews violated the rules, winning the wars. Bloody Jews! And now they don't accept any condition! It's just unfair! When they say unconditional, they mean unconditional. This is unacceptable. And it's only natural, that Arabs demand Israel to take back millions of these stateless Arabs, isn't it? Moment please? Take back? Häää??? Take back? Forget it! Arabs are great in forgetting about what they did to their Jews in the last hundred years! Oh, did I write hundred years? Sorry, I wanted to write 1400 years! I mean, we don't need to negotiate all this. I believe, not even Jews want to negotiate all this, but we cannot just do as if there was nothing. We cannot start talking with Arab negotiators taking the attitude as if Israel had assaulted Arabs again and again! I think it was the opposite. Dear King Abdulla, it's so nice in your palace. But it's not enough to have nice thoughts in the ivory tower! You need to go out and look at the realities! You shouldn't rely on history interpreters but on historians and from there, you should move ahead.
15. Abdullah is afraid that he'll end up
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (06.16.11)
the same way his Grandpa did, dead by an assassin's hand
16. #13, Okay, a good argument...Angela ?
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (06.16.11)
I do not really know her...LOLL !
17. Jordan
Abu Yussef al Yahudi ,   Bue_Aires_Argentina   (06.16.11)
Israel, wake up ! Tell the world the unique TRUTH ! Jordan IS Palestine And the Saudis Haschemites are hypocrites usurpers ! PALESTINE=JORDAN AM ISRAEL CHAI
18. King Abdullah can create peace any time he chooses...
Jewish Warrior   (06.16.11)
By announcing that all Palestinians are welcome in Jordan. 70% would leave Judea and Samaria, half would leave Gaza, and all refugees would leave their camps.
19. Facts
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.16.11)
The "Hashemite Kingdom" is a fig newton of everyone's imagination. It has never existed. It was created out of whole cloth by the British following World War I. Oil had been discovered in Mesopotamia, and the Brits were asserting themselves -- keep in mind that they have almost no natural resources and this was long before the discovery of oil in the North Sea -- but they have always had a strong manufacturing base that is driven by energy requirements -- so they found a convenient lackey in a Bedouin sheikh named Faisal, and they made him "King" of "Iraq." Well, Faisal had a baby brother named Abdullah, and Abdullah wanted to be a king, too. So the British lopped off nearly 80% of Mandatory Palestine, and created the "Kingdom of the TransJordan;" which was subsequently shortened to "Jordan." Interestingly, I believe that 70% of Jordan's population are ersatz "Palestinians." Why do they tolerate an Iraqi king who grew up in Britain and is married to a Kuwaiti? He should abdicate; get out of there and then the people will be free to rename the country however they wish. That is the optimal solution; think about it.
20. #19 Sarah B Cear Cut And Concise
(06.16.11)
I have A Name For them ISRAEL that's got a Ring To It !!! These people would love to live in a Democracy where they are afforded rights as citizens. These arabs Never get rights in arab countries? why is that? Just Wondering ?
21. # 19
Israel Forever ,   israel   (06.17.11)
King Abdulla's wife is Palestinian, not Kuwaiti.
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