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France: Palestinian recognition shouldn't be merely symbolic
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Published: 14.10.14, 19:31
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1. France Produced Palestinian State in 1939
Zechariah   (10.14.14)
By refusing with Britain to ahelp Poland the French full of Antisemitic general staff failed to attack Germany and incompetently defended France then collaborated .But the efforts to get the Nazis to do their dirty work backfired as The USSR under Stalin came close to Paris but for the Horrific Last resort weapon.
2. Israel survives until today in spite of bad politicians
JJJ   (10.14.14)
If you want a small example to the incompetence of Israeli governments from the six day on, Jerusalem and the Temple mount is one of many. Israel survives until today in spite of bad politicians, governments that can't or don't know how to make decisions that will put Israel on the wining side, not for a short time but for ever. Instead Israel became a republic Banana and the Palestinians are united when it comes to Israel, while many in Israel are doing the job for the enemies of Israel better then the enemies them selves
3. The chips are falling into place, the stage is being set for
(10.14.14)
the Final Battle, just like foretold in the prophecies... fun to watch, really!
4. Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov is in the pic
AY ,   USA   (10.14.14)
next to the link leading to this article from the main page.
5. recognision of palestinian state
veta mioni ,   athens greece   (10.14.14)
the countries which will vote for the recognision of Palestinian state,should also take the resposibility of the safety of the jewish state. But we very well know that all politician and countries care only for their own interests and this is why jews and israel should be united.
6. Funny, like fish on a hook they come, to remove Israel from
the land God ,   Swore to give them   (10.14.14)
Hey Frenchie, how do you think this is going to turn out for you? Don't you know or are you really so lost? Yes the Bible has shown from a heavenly perspective just exactly what happens to you and the whole world on that day, the day you come to remove Israel from the land. Blood as high as a horses bridle and the Israeli's don't even fight, just the one who you are really fighting against. In the war against good and evil trust me there is none good but Him who laid down his life for you. Yet you reject him and fell into a trap laid from the foundation of the world. This is all coming quickly, sooner than anyone thinks.
7. Well ,...
split   (10.14.14)
... it's your turn Frenchies show us some balls a real balls ,...
8. "No Peace, Never"
Mark ben Josef ,   USA   (10.14.14)
The growing perception of Netanyahu of standing for no peace, never, FOR Palestinians is expanding. Netanyahu's self-described policies allow for Palestinians to never have freedom r independence or sovereignty in a viable state. And more and more people around the world see that. Managing the status quo and calling it peace because only Palestinians die and Palestinian buildings get burned down and bulldozed and only Israelis are allowed by build anywhere, never Palestinians, is the perception. All the excuses and descriptions of bad acts in the past by some limited number of Palestinians will not overcome the perception that the current Israeli government wants nothing more than status quo forever.
9. France to follow suit
Harold ,   USA   (10.14.14)
I told you so. More powerful countries will follow suit. This decisions is like an insurance for the two states solution and it means if Israel lays more obstacles when it negotiates with the Palestinians, recognition of The State of Palestine will be confirmed.
10. all this moves against the jews will be useless at best
CJK   (10.14.14)
such moves will only infuriate jews and further embolden jihadists. the french cannot even control their own muslim populations. young fench muslims go to syria to fight with isis. french jews are not safe in france. not since wwii have french jews been so violate, harassed and physically attacked. their children are attacked in schools and on the way to school. their schools, their synagogues are attacked and their cemeteries are desecrated. the police is unable to protect jewish communities. the police even fears to enter muslim communities. french jews are leaving france in large numbers. french society at the highest levels remains antisemitic. it is significant that it is christian europe which continues to hound the jews.
11. Losers talking in EU harmony
tiki ,   belgium   (10.14.14)
British declining Labour, France's Fabius from the government without support, Sweden with it's shaky new government....and all the rest of the EU parrots who without a doubt will follow this road into nothing with the hope to appease their ever growing fanatic Muslim population. In the meantime Europe is doing the Palestinian's job, while Abbas & co are busy preparing secret new in roads direction the Swiss banks. These European geniuses probably haven't figured out that you can sell BIG BEN to the Qataries, just not move it to Qatar, like you can 'recognize Palestine on paper, just not on the ground.
12. We all knew this would happen
PaulD ,   Jerusalem   (10.14.14)
Those that are meant to suffer will join the Arabs in their obsession to slaughter the Jews and their aspirations for peace. The further they separate themselves from Truth the sooner they will fall.
13. The Europeans can recognize ...
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.15.14)
... whatever country they want. Israel will respond by annexing Judea and Samaria, and deporting its illegal Arab squatters to Gaza. They want an ersatz "palestinian" state? Fine, they can have it in Gaza.
14. To: No. 9
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.15.14)
Who is going to enforce it? And what will the international community do when Israel starts terminating licensing agreements for Israeli owned, patented and controlled intellectual property? Does Israel insist that the United States undo the Gadsden "Purchase" and restore most of the southwest to Mexico? Then what right does any country have to dictate to the sovereign State of Israel what to do with nonsovereign land acquired in the course of fighting a defensive war and emerging victorious? When will France return Alsace and Lorraine to Germany? When will Poland restore East Prussia and the Polish Corridor to Germany? When will Croatia return the province of Istria to Italy. There is such a thing as precedent, especially with respect to the rules governing armed conflict. By the way, you still haven't regaled us with stories about your first-hand knowledge and personal experience with respect to an American airlift of Iraqi Jews to Israel in 1948 -- you know, the airlift that never took place.
15. Are the Europeans really interested in peace?
Matt C ,   Canada   (10.15.14)
This sort of behaviour, the Europeans announcing in advance that they will reward the PA for rejecting peace, is the anti-peace nonsense that the Europeans have engaged in for years. The PA has always been told that they will be given what they want anyway if they just hold out in peace talks. Even if Muslim extremism was not rife in the region, this would be enough to sabotage talks. Even worse, the Europeans embrace the PA's hate-filled demand for a racially-pure state with Jerusalem as its capital, a demand that is physically impossible for Israel to deliver on, even if it were willing to try. It is hard to believe that the Europeans are pro-peace when they create conditions that make peace more impossible than it already is. It seems more like the Europeans do not think that Israelis have any right to live in the region in the first place, and on this basis they blame Israelis for the lack of peace, to the point that even the very Jewish presence in Jerusalem becomes "poison" to peace talks, in their view.
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