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| Netanyahu says no Palestinian state as long as he's prime minister |
| 2015-03-17 |
| [REUTERS] Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a final bid to shore up right-wing support ahead of a knife-edge vote on Tuesday, said he would not permit a Paleostinian state to be created under his watch if he is re-elected. Trailing his centre-left opponent Isaac Herzog in opinion polls, the three-term leader has sought to shift the focus away from socioeconomic issues and on to security challenges, saying he alone can defend Israel. Having previously hinted that he would accept a Paleostinian state, Netanyahu reversed course on Monday, citing risks that he linked to the regional spread of Islamist militancy. He said that if he is re-elected, the Paleostinians would not get the independent state they seek in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gazoo. "Whoever moves to establish a Paleostinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical Islamic terrorist attacks against Israel," he told the Israeli news site NRG. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Ok. I had to clear cookies and history, but now I'm good. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-17 22:30 |
| #5 And now for a cookie. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-17 20:45 |
| #4 Continuing proof of humanity... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-17 20:43 |
| #3 Rantburg is suddenly having trouble accepting me as human. Hopefully this won't take to many iterations. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-17 20:42 |
| #2 You mean the united kingdoms of upper and lower Egypt, and the Jewish kingdoms of Israel and Judah, JosephM? I can see united Egypt as two states under one ruler, though I don't know much about it, but although all 12 tribes of Israel had a united monarchy under the first kings -- Saul, David and Solomon -- after that Israel and Judah were decidedly separate kingdoms with separate royal families and holy places (Jerusalem for Judah, Bethel and Dan for Israel). There is also the United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-17 20:23 |
| #1 Please correct me iff I'm wrong, but besides Austria-Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the last "two-state" polity in world histoire' was possibly wid ANCIENT EGYPT + so-called POST-JOSAIC/JOSEPHITE PRE-EXODUS ANCIENT ISRAEL??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-17 02:39 |