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PLO official: Palestinians could recognize Israel as 'Jewish state'
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Published: 21.02.14, 18:28
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1. While Abbas and Erekat just said the exact opposite.
Jake   (02.21.14)
Seriously, Ynet, why do you waste our time with these red herrings?
2. "Could" Does Not Mean "Do"
emanon ,   USA   (02.21.14)
3. Re-read Article Doomed To Failure
emanon ,   USA   (02.21.14)
The arab factions have so many conditions for failure set up that it is assured to be stillborn. Never mind moving goal posts, there is no goal at all . . . other than the usual one of arab failure to want peace.
4. Recognition great way to wrest precious land from the Jews.
Steve Klein   (02.21.14)
Remember, the late Yasser Arafat recognized Israel's right to exist and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin recognized the PLO in an exchange of letters.
5. Recognition
Guido ,   Milano, Italy   (02.21.14)
Ok, go on with your referendum. Israel will return to talks when and if recognition becomes a fact.
6. why would abbas be "embarrassed" by recognizing israel??
david ,   new york   (02.21.14)
doesnt that just about tell the whole story? the west bank arabs are so indoctrinated with anti-israel propoganda fed to them by the likes of abbas that recognizing the jewish state would be considered an "embarrassment". fist you tell them that you need to destroy the jewish state and then you recognize it? if that is how uncommitted they are now (when kerry is in town and they are getting pieces of israel given to them), then what will they be saying and doing 10 years from now? a hint: its got something to do with rockets on jerusalem and tel-aviv and soemthing to do with busses blowing up.
7. Who cares? This land is ours.
Chaim ,   Israel   (02.21.14)
I recognize America. Does that mean America has to give me California??? Who cares whether "Palestinians" recognize Israel or not. This tiny land is ours. End of story.
8. Will Abbas change the PA Constitution that STILL calls for..
Alon ,   Israel   (02.21.14)
the total destruction of Israel? If he really wants peace he would. THIS is the better test and request.
9. Referendum?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.21.14)
I don't think so. A "Palestinian" "referendum" would be a great deal like a "Palestinian" "election." Worthless.
10. don't give in to israeli dominance
matteo dagostino ,   veglie italy   (02.21.14)
don't give in to israeli arrogance. don't give in to unacceptable israeli demands and impositions. palestine be strong, have faith, you will be free!
11. when will the world stop this horrible israeli oppression?
matteo dagostino ,   veglie italy   (02.21.14)
12. Abbas' Recognition of Israel
Irwin Graulich ,   New York City   (02.21.14)
Hey Abbas---Who the hell needs your farshtunkena recognition, you Holocaust denier. As we say respectfully in Yiddish, "Gai in drert!!!!"
13. Recognition ?!
yosef, phd ,   florida - israel   (02.21.14)
...Let us get this straight: The oldest nation/civilization in this world - people of the Book - the Jews - need to be "recognized" by a fake crowd of non-people - who never existed to begin with except as cannon fodder by their arab "brethren" ?! WOW, we have arrived....
14. #13:Exactly: this is the lowest point in our history, to be
tom ,   tel aviv   (02.21.14)
practically begging for "recognition" from a murderous group of Arab usurpers to our Land! I don't think, that by placing our future in the misguided belief that Arabs will "never recognize Israel" thus securing the Status Quo is the wisest, long term policy Israeli leaders could think of...
15. #11-12 As you are from a failure of a country which is the
A ,   Belgium   (02.21.14)
laughing stock of the world...(*BUNGA, BUNGA*...who could ever replace that?), your opinions about Israeli politics and the Middle East situation as a whole are as relevant and important as *BUNGA,BUNGA*
16. Israel does not need recognition as a Jewish state
jochair ,   kfar saba Israel   (02.21.14)
I hope such a referendom will not be held and if so it will not agree to recognize Israel.
17. A True Leader?
karmel usa   (02.21.14)
You mean to tell me that a leader will place his own personal ego above what is good for the millions he supposedly represents? For the betterment of his people, a leader should be willing to suffer a thousand embarrassments, ejection from office or, in the case of Sadat, even physical peril. Save face!? Embarrassment!? Get real.
18. Why is Abbas embarrassed?
Shoshana Rubin   (02.21.14)
Why would the Jewish State of Israel, a bonafied UN member, embarass Abbas???
19. 13Palestine existed b/f Israel came into being 1948
lydia ,   Brisbane   (02.21.14)
The Fake people you say. Edelman Jewish leader of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising said "The Jewish people are dead, and you have simply thought yourselves up, looking for originality and exoticism. You are not for real.''
20. Hold your horses please....
Dov ben David ,   Eilat, Israel   (02.21.14)
Its pathetic that Palestinians shall tell the world that the state is a Jewish state. Before they should have a referendum, we should have one, I don't want to call my state a Jewish one! We had enough of religious stuff here. The Jewish Ayatollahs shall not run this state! Many of them are a great economical burden to us. They want to make the agenda for me. They should run their own lives. By giving them this opportunity, we will be like Ayatollahs and Taliban's. I can accept that many of them are parasites, but that should be enough....
21. israel recognition
Joseph Effiong ,   uyo - nigeria   (02.21.14)
These are people that are so centred in human history that no one had to ignored . Palestine must recognise israel as a Jewish nation.
22. Learn from history
Shimon ,   Cincinnati, USA   (02.21.14)
When Am Israel left Egypt, they wandered 40 yrs. None of those who knew slavery entered Canaan. Since incitement will continue, no 'recognition' will yield peace until those who learned incorrectly are gone and are replaced by those with no prejudice. On both sides.
23. palestinians deserve realistic leaders
israeli paratrooper   (02.22.14)
due to their inability to come out with a realistic plan to accept facts acceptable to them and israel , the palestinians always throw away plan after plan and end up in an ever worse situation . today the israeli position keeps getting better because israel has more or less given up on historical greater israel , while the palestinians keep insisting on non jewish israel , in preparation for the day when they hope the weight of their numbers will overwhelm the jews .unfortunately , the israeli government has no intention of giving palestinians on the west bank israeli citizenship. therefore , for the time being , the palestinians continue reacting to the lack of a realistic plan to solve their plight . israel on the other hand wastes no chance to enlarge its borders quietly and methodically . i really sympathize with common palestinians . with idiots like these leading them , they can only lose
24. They will recognize Israel as..
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (02.22.14)
Jewish State ,when the only thing that can be defined as 100% Jewish,the Tora, will be recognized by the Jewish citizens.
25. #19 "Palestine" was a vague area carved out of the
A ,   Belgium   (02.22.14)
defeated Ottoman Empire by the British and French, and to a limited extent, the Italians. "Palestinians" were invented in 1967, without a history, without a government, without a flag (invented later), without a coin, without a past and without a future. Abdallah will have to absorb a few million Jordanian citizens presently illegally squatting in Judea and Samaria, and these illegal arab squatters will have to realize that their home is NOWHERE west of the Jordan River.
26. Why should Abbas be embarrassed?
Nii Amanor ,   Toronto, Canada   (02.23.14)
If president Abbas of the PA would like the world to recognized his country, he and the palestinian people would HAVE to recognized Israel as a JEWISH state.They have no choice.
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