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Report: Kerry offered Beit Hanina as Palestinian capital
Elior Levy
Published: 27.02.14, 00:50
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1. Abbas should walk away
lydia ,   Brisbane   (02.27.14)
These talks are only to facilitstr Israel continued occupation of land it knows it does not . Land outside Israels unilaterally declared borders Land the World knows Israel occupies illegally and in violation of 250UN res The Palestinians have nothing to gain from these prolonged talks
2. PA must go to ICC, light fire under Israel, enforce UN laws
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (02.27.14)
3. Good!
Israeli 2   (02.27.14)
Break it off NEVER to even think 2 state anything. Only one Jewish land from the Tel Aviv to Baghdad.
4. Let Kerry offer "Palestinians" his mansions.
Chaim ,   Israel   (02.27.14)
Kerry has no right to offer "Palestinians" a single grain of our 4,000 year old Homeland. Let him offer them his mansions. Or, more accurately, his Heinz heiress wife's mansions. End these evil talks NOW!
5. Let see map..
(02.27.14)
Let see the map of how it looks like; anyway thanks!
6. Is this a joke ?
Yeoshua F. ,   N.Y   (02.27.14)
How do you expect a people to give up their capital city just like that ?.. Did Mr. Ketchup really believe Abbas would accept this absurdity ?.. The answer is no, of course he didn´t. But Mr. Ketchup, like all other American tidy suit tidy haircut cardboard politicians is bound up and tied down by Aipac and the Israel-first lobbyists who constantly hammer him with threats day and night. To the point that he´s scared to death and would prefer giving up the chance to make history in order to appease the sharks. Like all others before him, he too will supposedly ¨try¨ and fail. Kerry is a smart guy but not a courageous one. He knows that without pressure on Israel there never was and never will be an agreement, but he´s too afraid of the barking chihuahua, even though it is just a small and noisy dog that can easily be kicked out of the way, I hope I´ll be proven wrong here.
7. No luck
(02.27.14)
Kerry: "We are trying to get the framework." Eventually Kerry will have a Jim Baker moment and throw in the towel.
8. Critical is Jewish Security
Zechariah   (02.27.14)
The Jordan valley and Parts of Judae and Samaria haven to be security buffers by IDF and international forces for a interim time of a decade to be reviewed .A 1:1 land swap involving several thousand square kilometres of Judae and Samaria for Islamic Israel is Just for the Sake of Peace. Where the Arabs live in East Jerusalem ought in stages and with security stringency be the Palestinian Capital in an Open City Arrangment .
9. Beit Hanina?
Larry ,   LA (formerly)   (02.27.14)
Kerry must really be detached from reality. Beit Hanina is a tiny sleep agriculture village next to Ramot. He probably never saw it to make such a foolish suggestion that even a Jew like me knows is stupid and silly. Israelis should demand that Abbas formally recognize Israel as a Jewish state as a condition to even begin negotiations. With out the PA recognizing us as a Jewish state, there is no one for him to speak to.
10. please explain
lola ,   australia   (02.27.14)
how Kerry can offer anything to anybody?
11. Take it or leave it, Abbas!
milwaukeebroad ,   Haifa, Israel   (02.27.14)
You won't get one inch of Jerusalem! It's ours, just like the land you live on. We'll take that back someday too if you don't come to your senses.
12. Abbas Flexible
Tom ,   Toronto Canada   (02.27.14)
Israel is a Jewish State recognise this and you set the wheels in motion for greater understanding. Perhaps a lot more peaceful situation. Or not .
13. Only 1 (one) question before i finish reading this article..
Brett L ,   JHB RSA   (02.27.14)
When has abbas or any of the past palastinian leaders, of which there was 1 (one), ever been flexible?!?!?!? Thats the biggest lot of horse Sh!t I've ever heard in my life!!
14. IL media don't believe in maps
Leon   (02.27.14)
Yes, it's the 1970s in Israel medialand... Everyone is supposed to go look up in the big atlas where this place is... The big atlas is behind the petrocks and kodak instamatic 110 camera on the bookshelf.
15. ALLLL of Israel belongs to Jews
Levi   (02.27.14)
Beit Hanina is as Jewish as Tel Aviv and Haifa. Kerry has no right giving any city away to anyone. It doesn't belong to him, it doesn't belong to the U.S. and it doesn't belong to Bibi. The PA should be happy with Gaza and even that was too much. Kerry, please bug out of Israel's affairs. If you want to show kindness, give them California.
16. PA has ICC, ICJ, EU, UNSC, NATO, BDS, and time, as backup
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (02.27.14)
17. Beit Hanina as Palestinian capital
Harold ,   USA   (02.27.14)
If this article is true no Palestinian accepts it and Obama/Kerry plan is a failure and waste of time.
18. These reports sound more surreal by the minute. End this
tom ,   tel aviv   (02.27.14)
Peace-Charade now! Relocate Arabs that demand another Islamic blemish on the face of the Earth(on our Land) to Jordan or whichever Islamic Hellhole they prefer...
19. It Has Been Obvious.......
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (02.27.14)
but, the Arabs have never been, and apparently never will be, serious about making a peace agreement with the Jews. That's how they are. That's how they always will be.
20. Beit Hanina Is Israel
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, Israel   (02.27.14)
And is not Kerry's to offer.
21. hehehe, Abbas threatens again
Eyal ,   USA Israel   (02.27.14)
It seems Abbas and Erekat are meant for each other with their premature threats.
22. Boycott of the PA
Yossi   (02.27.14)
If the peace talks fails because of Abbas stubborness, the international community will have no choice but to isolate the palestinians and to bring a worldwide boycott to the Palestinian Authority
23. 2 Benassi's anti-Israël comments
robert ,   antwerp belgium   (02.27.14)
I have already seen a few of your comments about Israël . Most are just so anti that they lose credibility
24. Obama planning to press Netanyahu on peace process
A ,   Belgium   (02.27.14)
But in order to "to assuage Abbas' fury" (meaning, his chronic constipation is getting the better of him), the Americans are "inviting him to meet US President Barack Obama at the White House. " That pretty much explains the U.S. position on the Middle East "peace talks".
25. As I am a nobody politician just like John Kerry,
A ,   Belgium   (02.27.14)
I offer Washington D.C. as the "palestinian" capital. I have just as much right to make that offer as Kerry does to offer parts of Jerusalem to the "palestinians. They get a white dome instead of a gold dome, no big deal, and the carpets don't smell of dirty feet.
26. Dream just keeps receding
Hmm. ,   Chicago   (02.27.14)
Hmm. It just may be the case that when Palestinians rejected the state they were offered in 1947, they lost it for all time.
27. For goodness sake
We're cool   (02.27.14)
Kerry loves coming here, as do all world leaders. Let him talk, he wants to come back. They adore us and our country and any excuse, they're back here.
28. Arafat's phase plan is alive and well in abbas
michael   (02.27.14)
29. Give the settlers Palestinian passports
Idit   (02.27.14)
Ha ha now its their turn to live under occupation
30. #22 Yossi
Darren Ben John ,   Townsville Australia   (02.27.14)
Change the word Palestine in your post to Israel, and it makes sense. The world wants to isolate Israel, dummy!
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