Mitchell to Abbas: No more excuses, renew Mideast talks
United States special Mideast envoy George Mitchell has urged Europe to step up pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in an attempt to kick-start stalled peace talks with Israel, the London-based A-Sharq-al-Awsat reported on Tuesday.
"The time has come to stop finding excuses for avoiding a return to the negotiating table," the London paper quoted Mitchell as saying, citing French officials.
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Unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteBut true! You don't put pressure where it's not pressurable..Obama is a fast learner.
ReplyDelete<span>He has totally capitulated to the Israelis. I held out hope Obama was just trying a more subtle approach, but no, the Democratic donors have sent word that his tough stance is not acceptable.</span>
ReplyDeleteUntil today I thought Mitchel was smart. Even with today, I still think Mitchel is a lot smarter than Cheney, Nancy Grace, Anne Coulter or Amy Goodman.
ReplyDeleteCould it be that Mitchel is talking in public about putting pressure on Palestine so that he can also put more pressure on Israel? If so; pressure on Palestinians is worth more pressure on Israel.
ZID
ReplyDelete<span>"Could it be that Mitchel is talking in public about putting pressure on Palestine so that he can also put more pressure on Israel?"</span>
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WYSIWYG
You can't spend the rest of you life being apologetic.
anan, ur giving ur persona away ...
ReplyDeletebtw, abbas will cave.
<span>An American soldier explains:<span>
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<span>Finally:A smoking gun
ReplyDeleteThe Independent.
<span>"The officer, who served as a commander during Operation Cast Lead, made it clear that he did not regard the longstanding principle of military conduct known as "means and intentions" – whereby a targeted suspect must have a weapon and show signs of intending to use it before being fired upon – as being applicable before calling in fire from drones and helicopters in Gaza last winter. A more junior officer who served at a brigade headquarters during the operation described the new policy – devised in part to avoid the heavy military casualties of the 2006 Lebanon war – as one of "literally zero risk to the soldiers"".</span></span>
<span><span>I don't believe for a moment that the war on Gaza was different from any other massacre whether in Palestine or Lebanon. It always had the same stamp " Kill anyone and everyone"</span></span>
ReplyDelete<span>smarter than Cheney, Nancy Grace, Anne Coulter or Amy Goodman.</span>
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Maybe someone should count how many times you wrote this. Personnally, I can't be bovvered.
<span>devised in part to avoid the heavy military casualties of the 2006 Lebanon war </span>
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<span>HEAVY MILITARY CASUALTIES??? you've got to be kidding me. there were about 19 right?</span>
<span>19!!!
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Nah ! More than a 120 and that's only what Israel admits to.
From Wiki (which cannot be trusted but I doubt they overestime in this case):
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) death toll ranges from 118 to 121, depending on the source and whether or not casualties that occurred after the ceasefire are included
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_2006_Lebanon_War</span>