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US: Saeb Erekat's comments against Israel harmful to negotiations
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 20.02.14, 00:27
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1. Makes perfect sense
Hmm. ,   Chicago   (02.20.14)
"Erekat . . . threatened to promote economic boycott on Israel." Only Kerry fails to understand that this is exactly where Palestinians intend to go. It allows them to leverage worldwide anti-Semitism to achieve their long-standing goals.
2. ??Kerry's recent remarks have enabled Erakat's strategy.
ex-frummie ,   Johannesburg S.A.   (02.20.14)
3. Opportunity for West to promote peace
Sam ,   Canada   (02.20.14)
The Palestinians don't want to make peace because they feel they can still destroy Israel by war,terrorism or boycott.If the US and EU made it clear to the Palestinians that they would do nothing to support any of these options they would go a long way in pushing Palestinians to peace.
4. It makes good sense to me
Darren Ben John ,   Townsville Australia   (02.20.14)
BOYCOT BABY BOYCOTT!!
5. Israel´s strategy
Yeoshua F. ,   N.Y   (02.20.14)
This is what Israel´s foreign policy consists of : 1. Buying time in order to continue building settlements 2. Building settlements 3. Hoping Jewish lobbies around the world will do their parts in pressuring world leaders 4. Hoping constant mentions of the holocaust and crying antisemitism will confuse and scare world leaders 5. Hoping the messiah comes There is no strategic thinking beyond these 5 points. Israel doesn´t have any intention of leaving the west bank in our times. The Palestinians on the other hand are playing their cards masterfully and giving us all a lecture in diplomacy.
6. #5 My Sentiments Exactly
Darren Ben John ,   Townsville Australia   (02.20.14)
You can add to that that the IDF have a perfect testing laboratory having the Palestians to practice new torture methods on Palestinian prisoners who are held with a charge/conviction or a sentence. The miliatry can also practice with their new weapons against Palestinians in the WB and Gazza. There is a very good doco that showcases this called "The Lab". Israel needs the Palestians just as they are, so Israel will never accept peace terms or a 2 state sollution while they have unwilling "lab victims" to practice on. BDS!
7. Now the obummer government is also
Daniel ,   TA - IL   (02.20.14)
scrweing the arabs in the back... first they set out a mafia strategy of forcing israe into suicide by way of boycot threat - of course aided by greedy IL lefties - and then when obummer and kerry see that such does not work, they turn the tables... after all erakat only performce ketchup's strategy
8. Ereket's threats...
Bad Ased Jew ,   United States   (02.20.14)
The US is unhappy? What did they expect from a terrorists organization, a picnic and party? End the talks now, it's just a calculated side show distraction from the other utter failure's that identify obama and his ruination of America first, and he would hope, Israel. ( not on your life or Israel's. ) Aren't we glad no agreement is in the works except for the delusional obama and his front man, kerry who valiantly tries to make both he and obama relevant. Try, try again, this aint workin' Jocko. KEEP BUILDING BEST WAY I KNOW TO SAY 'NO'.
9. Oh -now I understand...
elihu ,   Efrat, Israel   (02.20.14)
Erakat reportedly said:".. the Palestinians promised not to attempt to try Israel in international courts, and in return secured the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners." Therefore, he explained, "no suits would be filed until the fourth and final round of prisoners are released." When he promises something without a defined time, in return for fulfillment of a concrete time- bound condition, what he really means is: "I will keep the promise I made you only until the time I have received the actual irrevocable fulfillment of your promise." Lesson learned. Never, ever bargain away anything tangible for anything intangible, or subject to various interpretations or retractable on a mere whim. Does "land for peace" come to mind?
10. # 5 # 6 Too bad the Israeli's don't have the death penalty
Bad Ased Jew ,   United States   (02.20.14)
for the pals convicted of terror against Israel's Jews. That way, your BS claims might have some merit.. Maybe Israel can fix that so only jailed pals will be returned in pine boxes? Must be hell to always lose. Must a worse hell that losing and it's always the Jews who crush you like a grape. LOL Bad for you. GOOD for the JEWS in Israel. BUILDING AND WINNING !!!!!
11. Tell the ADo you want to say sorry for stealing australia
Jerry ,   NYC US   (02.20.14)
Australia is not a white mans nation....it is occupied by YOUR ancestors. You are originally born in Australia... your ancestors who stole Australia were convicts that England no longer wanted....
12. Austrailian aboriginees occupied by white men since 1788
Jerry ,   NYC US   (02.20.14)
Australia.....Stop building settlements on Aborigine land that the White man stole from the native Australians..... WHITE MAN IN A ABORIGINE homeland.... What do you call them racist........ This article is about a specific class of people in Australian law. For more general information, see Indigenous Australian. Australian Aboriginal Flag Aboriginal Australians Windradyne, Aust. Aboriginal warrior from the Wiradjuri.jpg Windradyne David Gulpilil.jpg David Gulpilil Namatjira govt house sydney.jpg Albert Namatjira David Unaipon.jpg David Unaipon 201000 - Opening Ceremony Yothu Yindi perform 2 - 3b - 2000 Sydney opening ceremony photo.jpg Mandawuy Yunupingu Trugannini 1866.jpg Truganini Yagan Statue Head.jpg Yagan Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu in Nov 2012.jpg Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Bennelong.jpg Bennelong Robert Tudawali at Darwin's Bagot Reserve 1960.jpg Robert Tudawali Total population 670,000 (2011)[1] 3% of Australia's population Regions with significant populations Northern Territory 29.8% Queensland 4.2% Western Australia 3.8% New South Wales 2.9% South Australia 2.3% Victoria 0.9% Languages Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages, many no longer spoken, Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Kriol Religion Mixture of Christian, small numbers of other religions, various locally indigenous religions grounded in Australian Aboriginal mythology Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group names, Tasmanian Aborigines Aboriginal dwellings in Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, 1923. Image: Herbert Basedow Aboriginal Australians, also referred to as Aborigines, are people whose ancestors were indigenous to the Australian continent—that is, to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania—before British colonisation of the continent began in 1788. Since 1995, the Australian Aboriginal Flag (right), designed in 1971 by the Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas, has been one of the official "Flags of Australia" under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953.[2]
13. Ereket's threats...
Bad Ased Jew ,   United States   (02.20.14)
The US is unhappy? What did they expect from a terrorists organization, a picnic and party? End the talks now, it's just a calculated side show distraction from the other utter failure's that identify obama and his ruination of America first, and he would hope, Israel. ( not on your life or Israel's. ) Aren't we glad no agreement is in the works except for the delusional obama and his front man, kerry who valiantly tries to make both he and obama relevant. Try, try again, this aint workin' Jocko. KEEP BUILDING BEST WAY I KNOW TO SAY 'NO'.
14. # 5 # 6 Too bad the Israeli's don't have the death penalty
Bad Ased Jew ,   United States   (02.20.14)
for the pals convicted of terror against Israel's Jews. That way, your BS claims might have some merit.. Maybe Israel can fix that so only jailed pals will be returned in pine boxes? Must be hell to always lose. Must a worse hell that losing and it's always the Jews who crush you like a grape. LOL Bad for you. GOOD for the JEWS in Israel. BUILDING AND WINNING !!!!!
15. Erakat
Brod ,   USA   (02.20.14)
Erakat should have been in jail a long time ago. He is an Islamist-Jihadist Terrrorist in Western garb. He is a clone of Yassir Arafat-the master Islamist-Jihadist Terrorist.
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