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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Abbas refuses a ŽŽJewish stateŽŽ as rivals meet
2009-04-28
[Al Arabiya Latest] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday refused to accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand to recognize Israel as a Jewish state as rival Palestinian delegations from Fatah and Hamas met in Cairo in a last bid to end feud. "A Jewish state, what is that supposed to mean?" Abbas asked in a speech in the West Bank's political capital of Ramallah. "You can call yourselves as you like, but I don't accept it and I say so publicly."

Abbas said the topic was "extensively discussed" and rejected by the Palestinians during a November 2007 international conference in Annapolis, near Washington, during which the two sides re-launched peace negotiations.

Netanyahu demanded the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state as part of an eventual peace deal. Such a move would amount to an effective renunciation of the right of return of refugees from the1948 Arab-Israeli war, when Israel was created, a cherished principle of the Palestinians.
Posted by:Fred

#4  TOPIX > JORDAN [King Abdullah] WARNS IRAN IS EXPANDING ITS INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
Iran is setting up potent shop in BAHRAIN, KUWAIT, EGYPT, IRAQ, JORDAN per se, LIBYA,MOROCCO, GAZA = PA, SYRIA, UAE + YEMEN.

Also on TOPIX > ASSAD: SYRIA WILL NOT HELP MILITANTS [i.e. HIZBULLAH, HAMAS, etal.] ATTACK ISRAEL. + SHIITE MISSIONARY ACTIVITY PROPMOTES RADICALISM IN MIDDLE EAST, ASIA.

Namely, the intentional DESTABILZ + OVERTHROW OF LOCAL GOVTS, or in the ALTERN SET-UP OF MINI-LEBANON(S) = PRO-SHIA/IRAN, ISLAMIST ENCLAVES "STATES WITHIN STATE".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-04-28 23:44  

#3  
I understand your hatred of Rice, but putting her with Barry and Carter is just plain wrong.
Posted by: bman   2009-04-28 10:51  

#2  Benjamin Netanyahu must be smiling and saying to his cabinet...."and there you have it."

Remember, these are the people that Barry, Carter, Rice, and the dems wish to support? Muslim hatred of the Jew is nothing new. Additional reminders can be found HERE.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-04-28 07:44  

#1  ION WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC RUSSIA'S MOST ADVANCED S-400 ADS AND OTHER COMBAT SYSTEMS ARE FUNDED MAINLY/HEAVILY BY CHINA'S PLA.

Also on WMF > IIUC SINO-INDIAN WAR SCENARIO: PLAN'S INDIAN OCEAN COMBAT ROLE COULD BE DECISIVE AGZ INDIA, iff India continues to fail to dev a sizable and effective Navy; + INDIA COULD INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES AGZ CHINA IN A MAJOR SOUTH ASIAN LAND WAR WITH NO NAVAL STRUGGLE; + US-CHINA WAR SCENARIO: AS CHINA OVER TIME MODERNIZES AND IMPROVES ITS LEVELS OF TECHNOLOGIES THE BANKRUPT USA WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE MORE NUMBERS OF ADVANCED, BUT ALSO VERY COSTLY AND STEADILY OBSOLETE, F22 AND F35 ETC. COMBAT AIRCRAFT TO MILITARILY DEFEAT CHINA; + BY 2020 CHINA'S ARMED FORCES WILL BE TOO MODERN AND POWERFUL FOR INDIA [+ Japan] TO DEFEAT.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-04-28 02:57  

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