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Jordanian king: Israeli leaders burying heads in sand
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 20.09.11, 09:28
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1. Look who is talking ....
Trumpeldor ,   eurabian nightmare   (09.20.11)
This sentence is almost cute from someone whose whole family has no legitimacy east of Jordan river !
2. Illegitimate king pretends that his throne
Arthur ,   SF, CA   (09.20.11)
is not rocking.... Pretty soon this dwarf of Arabia will find himself packing
3. Blame
Adi ,   Jerusalem   (09.20.11)
Stop blaming Israel for out of control problems in your own country, under your rule.
4. It is more likely that Abdullah will be
DT ,   TA Israel   (09.20.11)
"buried in the sand "
5. to 36
Salma, ,   Palestine   (09.20.11)
'buried in the sand " for sure.All of Jordan will be Palestinian with a full blooded Palestinian leader.
6. thanks King, may arab spring bless your country!
mary of Bethany ,   singapore   (09.20.11)
even though it may only be September, but guess Spring IS COMING. May pray to my G-D that your Spring will come faster. you highly deserve your spring, your majesty.
7. what?! Palestine=Jordan
nadav   (09.20.11)
did he wake up in an alternate universe?! His country is a teetering failed state artificially created by the British as a colonial buffer state in the 1920s; his regime has NO legitimacy since the Heshamites are from Arabia and are supported by minority rule over a majority (palestinians) without a popular mandate! Palestine=Jordan!
8. His Majesty has spoken.....
tiki ,   belgium   (09.20.11)
The words are rolling out of his mouth like white pearls in the sand, in which Bibi has buried his head, instead of handing it over to his citizens...the Jordanian Arab Palestinians.
9. YOU are already on the way of Gaddhafi !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (09.20.11)
10. #9 - chris rettenmoser... and if you had not obama this week
eporue ,   europe   (09.20.11)
to get your ass out of it, then bibi might be gadaffis neighbour in the hague...
11. #5 Salma, Palestine
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (09.20.11)
Are you aware what will happen to your new Palestinian state if you continue attacking Israel from there?
12. Jordan King Abdullah :
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (09.20.11)
With all due respect, may I ask how are the Jordanian Palestinian people are doing - are they happy, economically satisfied, etc ? May be you should look within your own country before throwing rocks at another.
13. The king has said it...
Ivan ,   South Africa   (09.20.11)
"More than half Jordan's population is Palestinian" Time for name change...Jordanestine.
14. So long as the PLO adheres to the essence of its Charter...
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (09.20.11)
...etched deep in the hearts and minds of its leaders, there is little chance of ever reaching an accommodation of peaceful coexistence with the Arabs of Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). And, sadly, the thrust of the PLO Charter is the motivating factor in the PLO's attempt to fool all of the world all of the time. To avoid this predicament we must do three things: 1. Read the Charter and understand the PLO's goal. 2. Realize that legally, based on the San Remo Conference decisions, 1920, accepted by the League of Nations, 1922, the entire land mass between the River and the Sea was designated as the national home of the Jewish people, and the UN, based on its Charter, can't change this. 3. Any political accommodation that we reach must include an acceptance by the PLO of Israel as the independent nation-state of the Jewish people; and, an acceptance that a peace treaty represents the end of the conflict and the end of all future demands.
15. King Abdullah is making Israel a punch bag to calm turmoil i
Zad ,   Mbabane   (09.20.11)
Who is king Abdullah fooling? Who doesn't know that Jordan is part of Israel taken away to be given to Arabs by UK's Churchill? Now that the Kingdom is under seige from Arab fanatics, Abdullah wants to divert the attention from his plight at home. And the best way of doing that is to falsely accuse Israel!!!? Just to put a smile on the face of the confused Turkish PM Erdogan..These guys will see the true price of anti-semetism!
16. JORDAN IS Palestine
Alex ,   Israel   (09.20.11)
Every inch or should I say every cm of Israel belongs to the JEWISH PEOPLE!
17. Sure there is a problem; Give us a break
Norbus ,   Jerusalem   (09.20.11)
King Abdullah; I knew King Faisal and your great uncle Abd Al ILah, They did not bury their head in the sand yet the MOB got them. We can't take chances, as we do not want to committ suicide as a nation. Look at the lands the Arabs have and Arabs living there number in 9 figures. We are but a small nation, yet with all that you have you want us to give up land and security? It is you and your fellow deluded Arabs who have their heads in the sand. WE MUST STAND OUR GROUNDS OR WE ARE HISTORY. ARE YOU CALLING THE ALMIGHTY A LIAR?
18. The mercy of heritage
Yael Schlichting ,   Raubling - Germany   (09.20.11)
Abdullah should better get the Jordanian Sand out of his head. The Problem with Abdullah is, that he didn't learn from the teachings his dady suffered. Having a neighbor like the "Stateless'" is a curse! Abdullah is about to choose Jordanians new neighbor instead of helping them to meet the requirements to a state, he is trying to help them to become a state without meeting any requirement. The "Stateless'" aren't ready. Their biggest problem is, that they do not posses a defined territory of this planets surface. Hence, we should call them "Nowheremen" and Abdullah the "Sandman". No! No! There is no common ground for establishing another Arab state on former mandate territories "Palestine and Trans-Jordan" There is an Arab state and the Arabs refused to establish another Arab state, when the United Nations wanted them to do so. There is reason to believe that the Arabs are running the approach "ALL or NOTHING" and as they cannot have all of Palestine, the only alternative left is NOTHING! Abdullah go and use your heritage for what it is intended to. Your state is the Arab state on the former mandate territories. Period!
19. Israel ceeping its Peace that is !!!.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (09.20.11)
Jordanian king: Israeli leaders burying heads in sand Arn.Sweden.
20. Jordan should be called Palestine, King!
mary of Bethany ,   singapore   (09.20.11)
Most of your subjects are palestinians! so change your Country from Jordan to Palestine! saudi sand dune should suit your majesty's head well, go back!
21. Why he is afraid
David ,   Turkey   (09.20.11)
The present 2 state solution is not viable for numerous reasons: geographic, economic, social, political, religious etc etc. The stalling of the peace process for years is caused not by lack of will of vast majority of Palestinians and Israelis yearning for peace, but the basic none viability of the 2 state solution. The Jordan reaction now and over the last year or so is a reaction to this. They fear quite rightly that the only viable peace solution is a reunification of Jordan with the west back and Palistinian statehood being realized in Jordan. Of course this would mean the end to the present political system of government in Jordan and would directly threaten the “Monarchy” there. It is about time the international community embraced the fact that the present 2 state solution is not the solution, and Jordan must be bought into the equation.
22. And what do we see down there? All the Arab dictators!
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (09.20.11)
Yowza! Here we are with our heads buried deep in the sand...and lo and behold, who do we see down here?!?!? Why, it's the King and all of his fellow Arab dictators!!! Hey Kingie - how is it that all of you are already here with your heads buried in the sand? Crikey! We just got here, but it looks like all of you have been here for the past century or more!!! Any chance that any of you - and wow, there are a LOT of you! - will be able to crawl out of the sand and join the 21st century? And you have "a plan" !!! Woo hoo!!! The King has a plan!!! Any chance that your "plan" has something to do with democracy and not with you simply holding on to power as long as you can...?
23. Without Israel your family would not be in power today
donsaliman ,   Kibbutz Nahal Oz   (09.20.11)
In 1970, Arafat and his gang,along with Syria was ready to overthrow your father, but Israel sent troops to the border to protect your father and the Syrians and Arafat, changed their minds, knowing Israel was behind your father. So as far as I am concerned your are an ungraceful person.
24. The art of diversions
Ram ,   London   (09.20.11)
Trouble in Egypt? Let's burn Israeli flags and attack the embassy etc. Turkey wants supremacy over arab ME? No problem...create a rift with Israel. Insecurity felt by the Jordanian dwarf? No problem...pick a fight with Israel. Etc. Do we all see a pattern here? Hatred of Jews instilled in arabs from birth make them so susceptible to violent reactions when Jews are brought to an equation they automatically get distracted from their real problems. Brings to mind the intelligence of sheep?
25. to #10 eppy of eurabia
jason white ,   afula, israel   (09.20.11)
We do not need the jihadist of the U.S. And try some crap with the i.c.c. and the hague will look like downtown hiroshima in August, 1945. The euronazis will not try us for defending ourselves. You POSs tried to exterminate us for 2000 years. Now you use your arab proxies. We will be around when you and your proxies are part of history!
26. Who are the Palestinians?
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (09.20.11)
Actually, Palestinian is really another name for Jordanian!
27. Ladies and Gentelmen, Boys and Girls please welcome a new 23
Yoav ,   Germany   (09.20.11)
arab state called "Democratic Palestina". ... LOL(!!!) Boy oh boy this word "Democratic" and "Palestina" is like a "Koscher-Swine". I gess that the Meshiah will come sooner, than "Palestine" turn into democracy.
28. King Abdullah
Galutia ,   selah   (09.20.11)
your kingdom was originaly designated the palistinian state - whether you like it or not
29. Salma @ 5
For salma   (09.20.11)
Stop rocking your own boat salma. Other than arab, you have no idea of the mish-mash blood that runs thru your veins. You know, as well as I do includining the rest of the world that there is no Palestine. You're simply a mish-mash of all the blood that occupies the deserts of Arabia. Get rid of your own headache by losing yourself, and take your millions of relatives with you. You're walking daily on Holy Ground that the Lord G-d gave to the Jews from Day-One.
30. HERE ARE THE FACTS
Mark from Georgia ,   USA   (09.20.11)
We just heard a statement from Hamas, they want all of Israel. Hamas wants the Resolution that created the rebirth of Israel annulled. Hamas was very clear, that will NOT recognize Israel, period. Hamas is part of the Palestinian unity government, and they don't recognize Israel, and believed it should be destroyed. So really, who has their "head buried in the sand"? The rockets keep flying in from Gaza, and just recently 8 civilians and about 20 more innocent Jewish civilians were murdered and wounded in a terrorist attack that came from the Sinai but planned in Gaza. Even the Pals and their unity government are divided on the bid. With Fatah...or maybe just Abbas, concerned about his future legacy...trying for something that we all know is DOA, because of the USA veto promise. Hamas, the other half of the Pal government is against the bid, fearing it implies recognition of Israel, and voids the mythical "right of return" for Pal refugees.
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