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2004-12-29 Israel-Palestine

'Not a glimmer of hope' for Palestinian state: AL

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Posted by Fred 2004-12-29 12:09:17 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In other words;

"Keep strapping on those bomb vests, suckers, because we still hate the Jews and that ain't changing anytime soon no matter how much you want your pissy little nation."

Posted by Zenster 2004-12-29 12:34:37 AM|| 2004-12-29 12:34:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 âI do not see any change in the positions of Israel, the United States and their allies or that the situation is going to calm down. I donât see a glimmer of hope,â Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa said.

What about the position of the Paleos????? Don't eeeven try to insinuate that they're without fault.

âIf there is a true desire to establish a Palestinian state in line with the roadmap then Israel must give the Palestinians 90 percent of the occupied territories as well as east Jerusalem and it must stop settlements,â he said.

Hellooooo? Ehud Barak was willing to practically give the guys all the territory they wanted, and Arafart STILL turned it down. Israel can certainly be excused if there are no plans to be as generous this time around.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-29 2:10:53 AM|| 2004-12-29 2:10:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, boy. The Arab League. Let's all listen up.

Posted by tu3031 2004-12-29 8:58:02 AM|| 2004-12-29 8:58:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I do not see any change in the positions of Israel, the United States and their allies or that the situation is going to calm down

In other words, keep on bombing guys -- we don't have what we want yet.

Posted by true nuff 2004-12-29 9:17:18 AM|| 2004-12-29 9:17:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Arab League doesn't give a krutz about the Palis, except as sentient bombs.

Posted by Korora 2004-12-29 9:54:38 AM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2004-12-29 9:54:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 the Arab League statement,

âIf there is a true desire to establish a Palestinian state in line with the roadmap then Israel must give the Palestinians 90 percent of the occupied territories as well as east Jerusalem and it must stop settlements."

If this is a correct quote and represents the position of the Arab League it is a major change and major improvement in the previous position of the League (which was in essence 'give back 100%'.

The Camp David and Taba plans had Israel giving back about 90-95% with the Paleos taking control of some land inside the green line.

Posted by mhw 2004-12-29 9:56:32 AM|| 2004-12-29 9:56:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 deals gone by due to bad faith on one side are just that: deals gone by. The Paleos will never get, nor do they deserve, anything like the terms they've previously rejected. To do anything less is to encourage continued boomers and intransigence.

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-29 10:09:52 AM|| 2004-12-29 10:09:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 The worst thing that could happen to the "Arab" states is for the Paleos to have some form of democracy, peace with Israel and end their infitada against the jooos. Then there is nothing left to distract their own populace from their own form of malfeasance and suppression.

Posted by Jack is Back 2004-12-29 10:53:10 AM|| 2004-12-29 10:53:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 "âNot a glimmer of hopeâ for Palestinian state: AL".

And the prospects of long term survival of the existing 22 [21?] Arab states are not all that bright either.

Posted by gromgorru 2004-12-29 11:06:53 AM|| 2004-12-29 11:06:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Will the last person to leave the Palestinian State please turn out the glimmer.

Posted by Steve 2004-12-29 11:23:10 AM|| 2004-12-29 11:23:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 yeah, the AL sure as hell hopes there isn't a Palestian state. Imagine that, the only 3 countries in the middle east to get democracy are the ones under U.S. or Israeli control.

Posted by jeff 2004-12-29 12:21:51 PM|| 2004-12-29 12:21:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 the AL gains more by the continued violence than it does by any so-called "palestinian state," whatever that turns out to be.

So, their real message is:

-maintain the conflict
-keep strapping bombs to yourselves (because it's you, not us, dying)
-in return, we will keep shedding crocodile tears for your plight. oh, and we'll throw you a few shekels, periodically, too.
-and as long as you do all that, we will be able to use this situation, and oil, as a weapon against the west
-and to get in our good graces, the west (europe, mainly) will pity you and to show their "sincerity," will placate and make concessions to us because it's easy to do and pays off well for them

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-12-29 12:45:08 PM|| 2004-12-29 12:45:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 The idiots in the Arab League just got an answer from Sharon - the article above this one. The army has been given free reign. Either the "paleostains" learn to live in peace with Israel, or Israel will destroy them, beginning with Gaza. Sharon should have been a bit more direct - "give up your intifada, or we destroy you and salt the earth behind you". Instead, he's going about it incrementally, which only means more Israelis die before the program's fully implemented.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-12-29 2:24:57 PM|| [http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2004-12-29 2:24:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 The worst thing that could happen to the "Arab" states is for the Paleos to have some form of democracy, peace with Israel and end their infitada against the jooos.

Not likely to be possible, the reason being that Paleos themselves are Arabs, which pretty much explains everything.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-29 2:34:09 PM|| 2004-12-29 2:34:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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