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Kerry: Israel-Palestinian peace 'not easy, but possible'
Noam (Dabul) Dvir
Published: 08.04.13, 22:01
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1. Peace talks, by all means: talks that would lead to Peace-
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (04.08.13)
for-Peace, now. But, nowhere in history has the party that initiated the war - the Arabs in this case - and lost the war, would also dictate the terms for peace. At the most, such terms ought to be negotiated, directly and without ANY preconditions. P.S. Any accommodation of peaceful coexistence ought to be based strictly on the fundamental elements of international law designed for this purpose, i.e. San Remo conference, 1920; League of Nations decisions, 1922; UN Charter, Article 80, 1945; and, UN Security Council Resolution, 242, 1967. And, at the end of the process the Palestinian Arab leadership ought to accept Israel's RIGHT to be, to exist as the SOVEREIGN NATION-STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE,; and, to accept a peace treaty as THE END OF THE CONFLICT AND ALL OF FUTURE DEMANDS.
2. i am speechless !!!
Fad Egypt   (04.08.13)
there are many problems and disasters taking place, Iran is moving closer to nukes, North Korea is threatening the US and its allies, the MB and radical islam are taking over the middle east, here in Egypt the christians are being attacked and killed, and Hussein Obama is caring about the peace process !!! what peace process ??!!! with whom ??!!! how ? and why ? with Abbas who is not controlling half of his people and competing with hamas over the title of who is the most extremist and hostile to Israel !!! who all he cares about is to deligitimize Israel !!!! how ? by leaving Judea and samaria so iran and hamas take over the territory and becomes a base for terrorism !!! and why ? because Israel needs to be destroyed !!!! there is no need for that BS called peace process, enough is enough !!!! Bibi is weak, instead of saying that in the face of Kerry, he is still easy to be pressured despite everything !!! shalom
3. Israel - Palestian Peace Possible!
Sam Sweiry ,   Eastbourne - UK   (04.08.13)
Did I hear that right... or shall I read it again - Everything in this world is possible with a little of hope but - reality here - the impossible become really unimaginable.. Lets hope one day will be peace for the sake of our Children and great great grand children
4. JORDAN AND ISRAEL IN ASIA.
SJOERD VAN DER VELDE ,   UNIVERSE/MULTIVERSE   (04.08.13)
THE 2 STATE SOLUTION ALREADY IS THERE: JORDAN FOR THE ARAB POPULATION IN GENERAL AND ISRAEL IN MAJORITY AS A JEWISH, DEMOCRATICAL, CONSTITUTIONAL STATE. BOTH ARE EVEN RECOGNISED WITH A MEMBERSHIP FOR EXAMPLE OF/ BY THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION JUST AFTER THE UNO HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN 1945 IN THE US. SINCE THEN THE UNO HAS IT''S OWN TERRITORY WITHIN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK STATE, USNA (UNITED STATES OF NORTH-AMERICA) ON OUR PLANET EARTH, FOR THE TIME BEING.
5. isn't it enough...
yosef, phd ,   usa-israel   (04.08.13)
that every party knows that it is useless waste of time and resources trying to pick on Israel, when it has no credible party to negotiate anything, except suicidal pressure of obama admin.
6. To get things right:
Mira ,   Vienna   (04.08.13)
David M. Weinberg | Diplomatic independence in Israel hayom: "Having done nothing to prevent the Holocaust, the world has no right to tell us how to conduct our politics, where to erect our fences or where draw our borders." Nothing to add except 100% agreement!
7. Only if we surrender
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (04.08.13)
Kerry has proposed that we surrender more territory and release terrorists just to get the fascist Arabs to negotiate. No more talks - we have several treaties that the Arabs have totally violated already. Until the Arabs fulfill all their previous obligations there is nothing to talk about
8. But, There Already IS Peace
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (04.09.13)
We are not at war with anyone, at the moment. There is quiet. The Arabs are getting used to us and we are cooperating nicely with them - until someone riles them up again, at least. Arabs are nicely integrating with Jews throughout Israel and we all seem to be more accepting of each other. We work together and even can be friends. Why upset this natural development by creating a hostile state here? What would happen if some foreigner came to the US and began talking with the Latinos to create a Spanish state of their own in Texas or Florida? What are you doing, Mr. Kerry? Leave us alone and let us evolve together with our Arab neighbors - in one state.
9. Restore the Balfour & create a Coptic 2-state in Egypt.
BUTSeriousy ,   Sydney   (04.09.13)
10. Peace is easy, but impossible
Peace Loving Jew ,   Sderot, ISRAEL   (04.09.13)
That's the sad truth Mr. Kerry. There should be no more concessions from Israel until Muslims honor ALL the agreements with Israel. I'm not holding my breath, but if you're such a believer, be my guest: hold YOUR breath.. Warning: history teaches that there can be no long-term, true peace with any Islamic country. Heck, they can't have real peace among themselves!
11. Enemies of Israel Must Surrender Unconditionally
Chaim Ben Kahan ,   Efrat, Israel   (04.09.13)
Only once the Islamic axis powers surrender will there be peace. This is how WWII ended and this is how the Mideast conflict will. Now Japan and Germany are allies of the US and I hope one day the enemies of Israel will be too.
12. Let's See: Kerry used to Choom with OBuddy, right?
Bernie ,   Erehwon, USA   (04.09.13)
13. Kerry Urges Jews - FORGET the Shoah; Commit Nat'l Suicide!
Elise   (04.09.13)
14. Peace is easy, but impossible
Peace Loving Jew ,   Sderot, ISRAEL   (04.09.13)
That's the sad truth Mr. Kerry. There should be no more concessions from Israel until Muslims honor ALL the agreements with Israel. I'm not holding my breath, but if you're such a believer, be my guest: hold YOUR breath.. Warning: history teaches that there can be no long-term, true peace with any Islamic country. Heck, they can't have real peace among themselves!
15. If u really from egypt
Student   (04.09.13)
Than thank you for that! That people in egypt see the situation now clearly than the west and some left wing israeli jews themselfs.
16. Insanity
Elez ,   London   (04.09.13)
As a famous Jew, Albert Einstein, once said. Repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, that is the definition of insanity. Why after refusing to accept even the principle of a Jewish state, even if it was the size of a tablecloth, and after their rejection of Oslo, camp David and Annapolis, will they accept peace now? What has changed?
17. # 1 Each of your words is a word in the rock. Thanks.
Eran Feldman ,   Tel-Aviv, Israel   (04.09.13)
18. To #15 - student
mr ,   israel   (04.09.13)
Unable to decipher yr comment ! You would do better in Hebrew perhaps !
19. GO TO SYRIA and make peace. THEY NEED you much more than we
Adam ,   Israel   (04.09.13)
do........!!!!!!!!! Or can't you admit that the US started that civil war because of Obama's ignorance of Arab culture? The whole Middle East will burn because of US ignorance.
20. 8
Justjams ,   Jerusalem   (05.23.13)
Nicely said number 8, I'm palestinian and i get along fine with jews, but the government needs to chill out with harassing palestinians the checkpoints , police raids house demolitions and so on. If it werent for the governments we could all get along nicely, I'm sure of it.
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