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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Abbas-Mitchell Plan To Use NATO Troops To Protect Palestine State
2010-07-16
The Palestinian Authority has requested that NATO send troops to secure any new Palestinian state in the West Bank.
What, the mighty Uruguayans aren't available?
Officials said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has relayed a proposal for the stationing of NATO troops along the borders of any Palestinian state in the West Bank. They said the proposal was drafted in cooperation with U.S. envoy George Mitchell, assigned to accelerate efforts to win Israeli agreement for the establishment of a Palestinian state by 2012.
Not. One. American. Soldier.
"The deployment of NATO forces is meant to overcome Israel's security objections to a Palestinian state," an official said.
I suggest British troops. They have a sterling reputation with both sides ...
Officials said Abbas submitted the plan to Mitchell in July amid indirect talks between Israel and the PA. They said the United States has been pressing the PA to move to direct negotiations with Israel based on a plan for a Palestinian state over the next two years.

Mohammed Dahlan, a key aide of Abbas and member of the Fatah Central Committee, said the PA plan called for the deployment of NATO troops between the West Bank and neighboring Jordan. He said NATO forces would also be stationed in other areas of the West Bank deemed as lacking sufficient security.

In a briefing on July 13, Dahlan said the PA plan also called for a Palestinian state in the entire West Bank with the option of land swaps with Israel. He said the plan has also been submitted to Israel, which has not yet responded.

"Mitchell is expected ask the PA to go to direct negotiations with a package that would overcome obstacles to a full agreement," Dahlan said.

At this point, Dahlan said, Fatah would not agree to direct talks with Israel unless it submitted to PA demands on the borders of a Palestinian state and the freezing of Jewish construction in the West Bank and most of Jerusalem. He said Israel must accept the principle of a Palestinian state in the entire West Bank as well as eastern Jerusalem.
Oh well, so much for this whole idea ...
Officials said Israel has insisted on its right to patrol the air space over any Palestinian state as well as the pursuit of insurgents who conduct attacks from the West Bank. They said Israel has also expressed reservations to the establishment of a separate Fatah-controlled state in the West Bank while Hamas controls the Gaza Strip.
Posted by: Anonymoose

#15  WAFF > YOUTUBE > [Retired LTC] ALLEN WEST: WE ARE FIGHTING ISLAM, NOT TERRORISM.

* SAME > [Hamsaniyeh.Net]BRITISH THINK TANK WARNS OF GLOBAL REPERCUSSIONS | IN 1971, THE US DE-LINKED/DISLODGED THE LINKING OF ITS GLOBAL CURRENCY TO THE COUNTRY'S GOLD RESERVES, SINCE THEN THE MAJOR WORLD CURRENCIES ESPEC THE US DOLLAR IS SUPPORTED [read, Depends/Dependent On] BY THE STEADY FLOW OF ENERGY [OIL + GAS] THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

ARTIC > denotes that ANY "SINGLE" UNILATERAL US-ISRAEL ATTACK ON IRAN [read, HOWEVER MASSIVE ORINTENSIVE] IS UNLIKELY TO STOP IRAN'S NUCPROGS

* SAME WAFF > [Hamsaniyeh.Net]BETWEEN TEHRAN + GAZA.

ARTIC > TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE > PROF. ITAMAR RABINOVITCH argued that:

To wit,

* ISRAEL has NOT won any clear-cut or decisive Military Victory-Campaign since 1982 Lebanon War agz PLO.
* CONVENTIONAL WARFARE, aka CLASSIC OR TRADITIONAL STATE(S)-VERSUS-STATE(S) WARFARE, is no longer ISRAEL'S PRIMARY OR BIGGEST REGIONAL OR GEOPOL CHALLENGE.

* There is extant REGIONAL + GLOBAL "DE-LEGITIMIZATION" EFFORT AGZ ISRAEL, including but nit limited to its RIGHT TO EXIST.
* REGIONAL LR MISSLE THREAT [IRBMS, ICBMS, Strategic Bomber] = has REPLACED THE COLD WAR "TERRORISM THREAT" AGZ ISRAEL'S EXISTENCE. ISRAEL'S BMD, regardless of level of techs, is in LT FUNDAMENTALLY INADEQUATE TO RELIABLY PROTECT ISRAEL AGZ ON-GOING MIL + NUCLEAR MODERNIZATIONS OF ARAB-MUSLIM STATE, REGIONAL MILITANT GROUPS.
* TURKEY > desires HEGEMONY IN THE MIDEAST EAST. Rabinovitch IHO believes that Turkey is likely unable to gain formal admission to the EU due to the EU = EUros bias agz Turkey as a Muslim State, + that Turkey's Govt-Society is becom increasing susceptible to ANTI-US-WESTERN, ANTI-DEMOCRATIC ISLAMIST FUNDAMENTALISM.

TURKEY AT PRESENT IS NOT TURNING AGZ THE US-EURO/WEST BUT DOES HAVE ITS OWN TURK-SPECIFIC IDEA = BRAND OF REGIONAL, GLOBAL "MANIFEST DESTINY" [Imperialism] + "ISLAMIC" INTERESTS VEE US-WEST + OTHER MUSLIM POWERS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-07-16 23:20  

#14  OOOOOPPPSIES, forgot SUB-SUB IOW, FAISAL > IMO also infers that THE REGIONAL = FUTURE "GLOBAL/
UNIVERSAL" ISLAMIST JIHAD-INSURGENCIES will be EXPANDING THEIR MIL EFFORTS AT THE SAME TIME WHILE THE "BRING THE BOYZ HOME" USA = POTUS BAMMER PLANS TO REDUCE OR CONTRACT ITS MILPOL EFFORTS OVERSEAS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-07-16 21:32  

#13  FOX NEWS AM + YNETNEWS > US: "IRON DOME" WILL WORK, espec as complemented supported by US Patriot batteries + NATO BMD-ADS MilSys.

* HAARETZ > SUSAN RICE > {US] WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIELD ISRAEL DIPLOMATICALLY + MILITARILY [etc], US OFFICIAL SAYS.

US Suppor + Defense, etc. for Israel is "NON-NEGOTIABLE", + US will continue to help Israel maintain its QUALITATIVE EDGE agz enemies.

VERSUS

*ISRAELI NN >[World renowned UK ORG = Oxford Research Group] THINK TANK SAYS ISRAEL WOULD STRIKE IRANIAN UNIVERSITIES, as part of any Israel-specific Military attack agz IRAN'S NUCPROGS since to absolutely Iran's Nucprgs means Israel may have to strike FACTORIES, GOVT-PRIVATE RESEARCH CENTERS, + UNIVERSITY LABS [Mines, Transportation-Logistic Links, etc.]

* TOPIX/YNETNEWS > REPORT: ANY ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN WILL START A "LONG WAR".

Lest we fergit, GOVT + RADICAL MULLAHS = IRAN will never surrender to any US = US-ISRAELI ATTACK OR INVASION, + TEHRAN = IRAN is willing to USE ANY MEANS NECESSARY INCLUD DETONATING NUKES-WMDS ON THEIR SOIL + CITIES, ETC. TO DEFEAT OR DESTROY AN INVASION [anti-US "asymmetric warfare = "People's War" = "Vietnam War" in the Persian Gulf, wid "OPTION" FOR MUTUAL DESTRUCTION].

* Also from INN > [Shahzad Faisal]TIMES SQUARE BOMBER: ATTACK ON US IS REVENGE FOR [US = US-led]OPPRESSED MUSLIMS, since the post-9-11 US invasion of Afghanistan = AFPAK.

ARTIC > FAISAL = PLANNED ATTACK WAS MEANT TO SHOW THAT THE "MUSLIM WAR [agz US] HAS JUST BEGUN, + HOW ISLAM WILL SPREAD/EXPAND TO THE ENTIRE WORLD".

IOW, IIUC FAISAL > ISLAMIST-LED MILTERR, prob including post-2012+ NUCLEAR-WMD MILITANCY-TERRORISM, WILL COME TO CONUS + WEST? - 'TIS ONLY A QUESTION OF "WHEN", NOT "IFF"???

SUB-IOW, IIUC Faisal per se has INDIR INFERRED THAT THE ISLAMIST JIHAD" IS ALSO A GLOBAL/UNIVERSAL MUSLIM CONQUEST IN SCOPE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-07-16 21:25  

#12  human shields
Posted by: Frank G   2010-07-16 21:14  

#11  I'm sure NATO on the West Bank will be as useful to Israel as the UN has been in Lebanon.
Posted by: lotp   2010-07-16 21:07  

#10  Ben_Gay in deh pants

*shudder*
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-07-16 19:59  

#9  A Palestian state on the west bank would need protection from Hamas.

Right now, the Israelis do a lot of this themselves with cooperation of Fatah. No one in Fatah thinks they can do this themselves (although they may assert this for the cameras).
Posted by: lord garth   2010-07-16 18:08  

#8  Ben_Gay in deh pants, not steroids.
Posted by: Shipman   2010-07-16 18:06  

#7  George, why don't you stick to finding out if Clemens did steroids rather then peddling your ass on the international stage like a two dollar crack whore.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-07-16 17:15  

#6  Why in hell would Estonia (where I live) send troops to protect Palestinians? We've been fighting and dying in Iraq, fighting and dying in Afghanistan, and the current administration is playing footsie with, potentially, our only security threat.
Screw that noise.
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2010-07-16 16:52  

#5  Waiting for worlds most sensitive Jooooo to comment on that list.
Posted by: Shipman   2010-07-16 16:15  

#4  Israel should agree, as long as it gets to select *which* NATO nations would be involved, and under what nations commanders. NATO has 28 members, and only *some* of them are anti-Israel.

My picks would be Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (maybe), Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Commanded by Hungarians and Romanians, who understand Muslims. Really well. Maybe the Poles could provide the "poles", if you know what I mean and I think you do.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-07-16 16:03  

#3  Actually, it's not a bad idea, provided that the headline is as misleading and incorrect as this PA official's statement suggests it is:
"The deployment of NATO forces is meant to overcome Israel's security objections to a Palestinian state," an official said.

As I've understood this idea in the past, the main goal of a NATO deployment is to protect both Isral and the moderate minority of Pals from the armed gangs who rule, or misrule, the Pals.

So the headline really ought to read: NATO TROOPS TO POLICE PALESTINE STATE AND PROTECT ISRAEL FROM IT.

The
Posted by: lex   2010-07-16 15:44  

#2  He [Mitchell] said Israel must accept the principle of a Palestinian state in the entire West Bank as well as eastern Jerusalem.


Will Palestine and the rest of the mideast accept Israel as a state? I didn't think so.

Who is a Palestinian being protected from?
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-07-16 15:40  

#1  "Abbas-Mitchell Plan To Use NATO Troops To Protect Palestine State Attack Israel"

FTFY.

And since when did the "PA" join NATO? F*ck Mitchell. F*ck Abbas.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-07-16 15:37  

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