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Netanyahu meets top Palestinian officials in J'lem
Attila Somfalvi, AP
Published: 18.04.12, 00:46
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1. Israel did NOT capture WB and Gaza in 1967
Ian ,   Newcastle upon Tyne   (04.17.12)
Israel RECAPTURED them from the Arab League that illegally invaded and occupied them in 1948. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
2. All what Liberman does in this ...
AQ ,   Jerusalem   (04.17.12)
... government is to criticize and pose for ugly pictures. God, can't wait for him to be replaced by someone who can actually do something and offer logical solutions! All he talk is poison!
3. I am going to be sleeping like a baby tonight...
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (04.17.12)
in the knowledge that peace is just right around the corner. I don't want to hear anything about babies never sleeping at night, and are always up screaming and crying.
4. The fact that Fayyad did come is indicative of the...
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (04.17.12)
...seriousness, or rather the lack thereof, of the PLO's desire to ever reach an accommodation of peaceful coexistence with the independent nation-state of the Jewish people, Israel!!
5. U$A PROPAGANDA IN THE MIDDLE EA$T
me   (04.17.12)
6. U$A WINNER$ OF THI$ WORLD -U$A LO$ER$ FOR HEAVEN
me   (04.17.12)
7. Peace facts since oslo...
Jimi ,   Palestine   (04.18.12)
Israel went to mardid, signed oslo agreement, negotiated always under these principles... They mean that Palestinians accepted istael as country on their land taken in 1948 They admit the right for israel to exist Conflict ends And normal relations with all arab and islamic countries ..... Rational people understand the value of this to israel before palestinians, but those like bibi and liberman will keep things till one day israel existance is out of reach for israelis. Life never stay as it appeard
8. #7 Pals accept Israel and demand right of return into it
Sam ,   Canada   (04.18.12)
Palestinians (some of them) accept Israel but they cancel that out by simultaneously demanding a return of Palestinians and their descendants into it. Most Jews are not going to be fooled and they are not going to allow the Jewish nature of Israel to be changed. How many Palestinians do Palestinians demand to move into Israel?
9. #7 jimi from "palestine"
salomoni ,   montreal, canada   (04.18.12)
jimi, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn, NY.
10. I'm going out on a limb here...
Gunnar ,   Gothenburg, Sweden   (04.18.12)
...but I am guessing it won't lead to anything this time either. Since neither side has the will to reach this peace they say they're sooooooooo committed to, the result will be the same as in the previous 7863 attempts. Why bother??
11. #7 jimi
solomon ,   bklyn   (04.18.12)
Then look at life as it is: 1. Areas A, B & C agreed upon. Result: bus bombings and terrorism. Israel has to go back in to stop it. 2. Israel withdrew from gaza. Result: rockets, mortars, terrorism, murder. Israel has to go back in to stop it. 3. You say "Pals" accepted Israel and its right to exist. Yet they insist enough arabs be allowed to return so that it would destroy Israel as a Jewish state. 4. Saudi Arabia admitted that their Peace Plan included a suggestion, not a promise, that each arab country would make peace with Israel. This decision was to be left with each arab country. If the conflict with the "Pals" will ever end, it will go on with the arab countries. You need a serious reality check. Life is not as you think it appears.
12. 75% of Jordan is Israel!
Kamal ,   Iraq   (04.18.12)
The Pals, like all Arabs, live in "la-la-land." Most of Jordan 75%, was given by the UN in San Remo,1920 as the National Homeland for the Jews. The Muslim world has 22 countries, with 20 billion square miles & still want part of the parched land that was made arrid by the Jews. Something is rotten in Denmark! Who are they fooling? The Arabs kicked out & violated Jews, Christians & all minorities. I think they did enough damage. We dont need these idiots!
13. Piece vs Peace
Wise Saba ,   Israel   (04.18.12)
The arabs don't want "peace" they want "piece", every last "piece" of our land. Newsflash! There is no such thing as a Palestinian, they are a made up people with a made up history & have connection to our land.
14. Why don't they correspond via e mails?
Mark ,   Elrom, Israel   (04.18.12)
15. "Palestinians" never learn
A ,   Belgium   (04.18.12)
So they still wont negotiate without first presenting THEIR own absurd preconditions and demands. Such losers! Bibi should be leader enough to answer Abbas' letter with the famous one-word answer of the American general McAuliffe: NUTS!
16. Respect
israel israeli ,   tel aviv   (04.18.12)
Diplomatic protocol demands that equal people meet. In diplomatic language, the fact that Abbas and Fayyad refused to meet Netanyahu, and that Netanyahu agreed to meet some low level delegates shows that Netanyahu is a Dhimmi boot-licker. Of course, who would respect someone who would stab his own officer in the back?
17. Filistea officials,Palestine does not exist!!!
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-Italy   (04.18.12)
What a waste of time...all Arabs with Jordan passport should just go back to' Jordan...Jordan is Palestine
18. Lieberman for president,Barak out ASAP...
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-Italy   (04.18.12)
19. #1 IS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (04.18.12)
STOP THIS FLAWED LANGUAGE !!!!!!!!!!!
20. Israel's objective is to keep status quo
John R ,   NYC USA   (04.18.12)
Israel has no intention of making peace. Their objective is to take 10% of the West Bank including the West Bank water aquifers and surround all that with a security fence. They don't care if the Palestinians could never accept this or that what Israel is doing is illegal( and they feed their own population lies saying it is legal.) No country accepts their legal arguments but as long as they have America (thanks to AIPAC) sheltering their behavior in the UN they will continue to violate the law. Netanyahu and Lieberman will lead Israel to a path of self destruction unless the Israeli public kick them out to pasture where they belong.
21. Response to#1
John R ,   NYC USA   (04.18.12)
You must explain your answer to the Israeli Supreme Court. In two rulings in 2005 alone they said Israel is a belligerent occupier in the West Bank and that it was not Israeli land.
22. Response to#9
John R ,   NYC USA   (04.18.12)
Please tell me where specifically did Israel agree to financially compensate Palestinians for right of return in any proposed peace accord? It is one thing to say we don't allow you to return. It is quite another to say I took your land but refuse to compensate you for it.
23. Response to#15
John R ,   NYC USA   (04.18.12)
Please detail where you believe the Palestinian demands are absurd. Since 1983 the UN has passed a resolution every year (by 95% of the voting members) requiring Israel to stop building settlements. Apparently the rest of the world doesn't think Palestinian demands are absurd.
24. Response to#17
John R ,   NYC USA   (04.18.12)
2.3 million Palestinians have no Jordanian passports since Jordan revoked them in 1988. The only thing that doesn't exist is your brain.
25. To: No. 21
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.18.12)
Of course it is not Israeli land. That won't happen until Judea and Samaria are annexed. And no one in Israel really cares what the Israeli Supreme Court does or does not rule. Judea and Samaria fall under military jurisdiction. Once annexation comes about, the Israeli Supreme Court will have jurisdiction, but not until then -- by which time it won't make much of a difference, because once Judea and Samaria are annexed, its Arab residents will be repatriated to Jordan.
26. #21, #22, #23 john
solomon ,   bklyn   (04.19.12)
#21 Are we going to go through this again? Hebrew translation of k'ilu means 'as if'. There is a difference, especially in Hebrew. #22 Olmert had spoken of compensation in the plan Abbas rejected (one of many they rejected. #23 The UN is absurd as it is a kangaroo court. Your insistence on ignoring this pertinent fact, relying on legalize as if the real world doesn't exist, is absurd.
27. WB TO JORDAN, GAZA TO EGYPT!
Iranian Jew ,   Los Angeles   (04.19.12)
END OF THIS CHARADE YOU KEEP CALLING PALESTINE!! We keep wasting out time with an illogical dream that was created by a non Palestinian.
28. Sarah B
Jonofthezombie ,   MN/US   (04.20.12)
read #24
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