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| US sees settlements as 'illegitimate': Kerry |
| 2013-11-07 |
[Al Ahram] US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... reaffirmed on Wednesday Washington's rejection of Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Paleostinian territories as "illegitimate." "We consider now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate," Kerry said, after talks in Bethlehem with Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... focused on shoring up the peace negotiations. "I want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the Paleostinians in any way agree, as a matter of going back to the talks, that they could somehow condone or accept the settlements," Kerry said. "That is not to say that they weren't aware -- or we weren't aware -- that there would be construction," he added. His remarks related to a bitter row that has erupted over Israeli moves during the past week to push ahead with construction of more than 3,700 new settler homes. Several Israeli officials have claimed the settlement announcements were in keeping with tacit "understandings" between the two sides linked to the release last week of 26 veteran Paleostinian prisoners. Their comments sparked furious denials from the Paleostinians. "The Paleostinians believe the settlements are illegal. The United Sates continue to believe the settlements are not helpful," Kerry said. A previous round of direct talks collapsed in September 2010 in an acrimonious row over settlements, with the Paleostinians refusing to negotiate while Israel builds on land they want for a future state. After six months of shuttle diplomacy, Kerry managed to coax the two sides back to the table in late July. But already tempers are fraying, once again over Israeli construction on land seized during the 1967 Six Day War. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 It's all them jooz' fault! Eventually, they'll have to put their pants on and kick these ay-rabz intruders out of their country. Malaysia just expelled five million Indonesians...did you hear anyone complain...even Djakarta didn't say squat! Jews will keep bending over for the sand niggers until they will be in the ocean to their neck... Barry Hussein does NOT have the Jews' welfare in mind, even if them Jews are the ones that elected him and are keeping the degenerate pervert shielded from any criticism. |
| Posted by: Herb Gloluger9960 2013-11-07 23:16 |
| #9 I see Kerry as illigimate. Stupid, too. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-11-07 21:02 |
| #8 Hi. I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-11-07 20:00 |
| #7 My brother against my cousins who are also half brothers and uncles who are only seen on EID 4, celebrated on the most confusing day of the year. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-11-07 18:06 |
| #6 Quite probably the Palestinian authorities agreed in private discussions to ignore the construction, while publicly condemning it. I suspect a lot of stuff in the ME works like that - sort of the confluence between "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" and "I against my brother, my brother and I against my cousins..." meets RealPolitik(tm) |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-11-07 15:19 |
| #5 To see this, imagine that Kerry had instead met with some politicians in Bersheva, and then announced that the United States never releases convicted terrorists to further political or diplomatic goals (and that seems to be accepted US policy). Would that further peace negotiations? If so why does he not do so? |
| Posted by: djk 2013-11-07 14:02 |
| #4 "I want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the Paleostinians in any way agree, as a matter of going back to the talks, that they could somehow condone or accept the settlements," Kerry said" or the existance of israel. |
| Posted by: flash91 2013-11-07 12:19 |
| #3 Quite probably the Palestinian authorities agreed in private discussions to ignore the construction, while publicly condemning it. Kerry, by giving US support for that condemnation, puts pressure on those authorities to abandon the peace talks unless Israel stops the construction. After all, can the PA be less zealous in opposing building construction that the United States Government? Why did he do that? Is he against peace talks? Does he want to give a boost to Hamas's anti PA propaganda? Is he a buffoon? Is there another explanation? |
| Posted by: djk 2013-11-07 12:14 |
| #2 There is an old BASIC rule. If your enemy wants it then don't let him have it. Even if you don't need it and its useless to you, don't let him have it ANYWAY. Kerry is squat. Kerry is ...words absolutely fail me. The Settlements WORK. Keep them up and expand them in any way possible. You owe nothing to the Palestinians, the sooner they move to Brazil the better. They will be happier there and you are doing them a favor. Bye-bye and send me a postcard from the Orinoco. |
| Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064 2013-11-07 05:04 |
| #1 The United Sates continue to believe the settlements are not helpful," Kerry said. He's quite right! The settlements are not helpful to the spread of Islamic totalitarianism, hate, and anti-semitism. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-07 02:05 |