“The conditions you see there, if they were happening in America, we would never accept them, we would all be up in the hills with guns."
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“The conditions you see there, if they were happening in America, we would never accept them, we would all be up in the hills with guns."
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I agree with her.
ReplyDeleteHere is the latest nonsense from our public servants, the U.S. Senators:
Eighty-seven U.S. senators have already signed on to a letter, which was initially circulated only three days ago, calling on Obama to publicly pressure Abbas to continue with the direct peace talks begun Sept. 1 in Washington.
The senators sent the letter (PDF) to Obama on Monday. It stated that "Neither side should make threats to leave just as the talks are getting started," a thinly veiled reference to Abbas's multiple statements that he would leave the talks if the moratorium was not extended.
The senators also praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for staying at the table even though the beginning of the process was marred by violence.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/27/87_senators_urge_obama_to_pressure_abbas
<span>I agree with her.
ReplyDeleteHere is the latest nonsense from our public servants, the U.S. Senators:
Eighty-seven U.S. senators have already signed on to a letter, which was initially circulated only three days ago, calling on Obama to publicly pressure Abbas to continue with the direct peace talks begun Sept. 1 in Washington.
The senators sent the letter (PDF) to Obama on Monday. It stated that "Neither side should make threats to leave just as the talks are getting started," a thinly veiled reference to Abbas's multiple statements that he would leave the talks if the moratorium was not extended.
The senators also praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for staying at the table even though the beginning of the process was marred by violence.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/27/87_senators_urge_obama_to_pressure_abbas</span>
They were bought and they were bought cheap..
ReplyDelete<span>They were bought and they were bought cheap..</span>
ReplyDeleteThanks for the linl.. I'll make it a post a bit later..
I am sorry this is not related to the topic but worth a look
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/anis-shivani/arab-american-writing_b_741205.html?ref=twitter
I very much admire this woman's principles and bravery, but this story highlights a subtext of the whole Palestine/Israel issue: If a Palestinian describes what his people go through, no one listens, believes, and/or cares. This tragedy will not end until Palestinians are allowed to speak for themselves-and I don't mean by a mouthpiece chosen by their enemy.
ReplyDeleteNot related to the topic either, but worth a look:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/27/AR2010092704658.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions
ReplyDeleteIf Palestinians want to strike fear into the hearts of Israelis they should (a) give up on violence as a tool of persuasion; (b) give up on the current round of negotiations; and (c) start holding demonstrations in which they ask for only one thing: the right to vote. Their argument would be simple: They live under Israeli rule, and Israel is a democracy, so why aren’t they part of it?
A truly peaceful movement with such elemental aspirations — think of Martin Luther King or Gandhi — would gain immediate international support. In Europe and the United States, leftists would agitate in growing numbers for economic and political pressure on Israel.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/a-one-to-two-state-solution/
Ah, yes. The Palestinians must give up the stone throwing, but the Israelis can carry on killing.
ReplyDeleteAbbas represents Abbas and a bunch of kleptocrat cronies. He's an unelected dictator.