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Palestinian chief negotiator: If talks fail, PA will collapse
Attila Somfalvi
Published: 16.02.14, 19:21
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31. #4 Yeoshua F.
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (02.16.14)
The so-called "Palestinians" can go whenever they want. Moses said to the Pharoah "Let my people go" and not "Give us Egypt".
32. After the PA collapse, who will take Israel to the courts?
Michael Redbourn ,   Lisbon Portugal   (02.17.14)
33. #4 dangerous words
(02.16.14)
Be warned: your writing goes against the Holy Koran.
34. The PA will never collaps
David ,   On this planet   (02.16.14)
How are you going to be able to steal more money. It will be like killing the chicken that lays golden eggs. Quit threatening Israel , just remember what happened to you when you stated your last intefada
35. PA collapsing
Sharon ,   Jerusalem   (02.16.14)
Why in heaven's name should the PA collapse if there's no "agreement"? If they are indeed, as they claim, a legitimate people, let them roll up their sleeves and put their "country" in order. For example, they can fix the sewage plant in Ramalla so that their bloody filth doesn't cover all of Wadi Kelt, destroy half the area, and defile their own drinking water in Jericho. .
36. okay, so what is the bad news?
michael   (02.17.14)
37. You don't get it
Harri ,   EU   (02.16.14)
You don't seem to understand, that when PA collapses, you are in the 100% equal position with South-Africa 1991, and everyone knows that. If talks collapse, Netanyahu starts printing Israeli passports for Palestinians. Not from the day one, but there is no other choice left, so it will finally happen, after massive boycotts.
38. #30 doug, #37 harri - you don’t get it
solomon ,   bklyn   (02.17.14)
Arabs already are Israeli citizens, represented in the government and the Supreme Court. Jews and arabs go to the same hospitals to be treated by the same Jewish and arab doctors. Comparing Israel and S.Africa is an insult to what the S.Africans went through. Israel prefers to keep out those bent on its annihilation, who have refused any and all overtures for peace. Those are facts, something which you find very difficulty to deal with. And for good reason- they don’t support your fantasies.
39. 37#
(02.17.14)
LOL the only place where these boycotts will be coming from is Europe. Israel will soon sign free trade agreements with Russia, China, and India, and is building solid trade links with Asia, Africa, and Latin America. And keep in mind that America will be solidly behind Israel in the near future, since most Americans still firmly support Israel. Aside from that, if peace talks collapse, the most likely scenario is that Israel will unilaterally declare its borders and withdraw from most of the West Bank, leaving the Arabs to fight it out amongst themselves.
40. And you'll resign again?
(02.17.14)
41. The PA is already lost controll over the palis
ghostq   (02.17.14)
look what happened in Bosnia same thing, riots from the muslim population against the leadership, same every were, they can't controll themselves and can't stop the violance.
42. #38 #39 What are the choices?
Harri ,   EU   (02.17.14)
If you leave 4 million people without citizenship, and de facto take their land, there is no other possibility but give those 4 million people citizenship of Israel. If you try to draw borders unilaterally, there will be exactly the same situation as in South Africa, when SA draw borders of Homelands, to keep most of the black people out of SA. Those homelands were separate enclaves where people had no jobs and they had to work underpaid jobs in SA without any social security. What is the difference and what are your choices? Kerry is your best friend, but you don't seem to understand that.
43. To: No. 42
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.17.14)
First of all, there are only 2.5 million Arabs in Judea and Samaria, and each and every one of them holds Jordanian citizenship courtesy of Jordan's 1954 Citizenship Law. Israel reacquired Judea and Samaria in the course of fighting a defensive war against Jordan. We are NOT giving up that land. Moreover, you are trying to apply Geneva Convention protocols to the West Bank, which is intellectually unsound because the Geneva Convention applies exclusively to sovereign territories. Judea and Samaria are nonsovereign. The one remarkable thing that NEVER changes is European anti-Semitism. It's a disease with you people. What is wrong with you? How did you become so jaded and hateful of all things Jewish? We've never done anything to you -- would the reverse were true. I think you just aren't ready to accept strong Jews who are capable of fighting to keep what is theirs. I guess it offends your sense of propriety. Would you like me to tell you just what you can do your sense of propriety, or can you figure that much out without the need of picture books and arrows?
44. To: No. 30
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.17.14)
First of all, no one really cares about international reaction. Israel sits astride two of the largest natural gas fields ever discovered. Israel will sell LNG at cut-rate prices. I think you will discover that energy-starved Europe will drop their pretended love for the "Palestinians" like a hot potato. Nations, after all, have interests. Cheap energy is one of those interests. Israel also leads the world in IT innovation and has also produced some stunningly accurate very high tech weapons systems. The United States has long begged Israel not to sell its military technology to China. Up to now, Israel has complied. That can change. At a moment's notice. Remember what I wrote about nations having interests? Israel has interests, too, and they do not always coincide with American interests. Tough.
45. To: No. 4
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.17.14)
Actually, whereas Jewish DNA puts us squarely in present-day Israel, so "Palestinian" DNA puts them squarely in the Hejaz in the Western Arabian desert. DNA doesn't lie, sluggo.
46. #42 harri
solomon ,   bklyn   (02.17.14)
The PA, Hamas and Hezbollah are the ones that have the choice staring them in the face, but don't take it. They (and you) must own up to facts: that the land was reclaimed, that the arabs came only in the 600's AD, that they started all the wars and most ran at the behest of the arab armies in '48. No comment from you about Jordan kicking the Jews out of the 'Jewish Quarter' of Jerusalem? The PA, Hamas and Hezbollah have stated and shown that they will not live up to any agreement, and they will not recognize a Jewish state in the area. There are plenty of choices, and it is the arabs' to be made. But you don't understand that. Instead you avoid inconvenient facts. You still don't get it.
47. don32 Don't worry will take Portugal to court as well
michael   (02.17.14)
48. Great...
Yani ,   Australia   (02.18.14)
Bad news for those employed by the PA... good news for Palestinians most of whom as fed up with living under a double law system of duel oppression. Good luck to the IOF in managing fed up Palestinians in the West Bank without the PA.
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