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2004-12-02 Israel-Palestine

Abbas says ready to negotiate final Middle East peace deal

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Posted by Steve White 2004-12-02 12:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 On Israelâs demands for the disarming of Palestinian militant factions, he said: âWe canât do that in a night. It will be done progressively.â

No problem then. The issue of a "Palestinian state" can simply be put on hold until this task (among others) is completed. However long it takes.

Now hop to it, guys. The sooner you get started, the sooner you'll finish.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-02 12:06:45 AM|| 2004-12-02 12:06:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 My feeling. We shouldn't do anything without consulting with the Senate of Carthage.

Posted by gromgorru 2004-12-02 4:27:43 AM|| 2004-12-02 4:27:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 âWe will put . . . the right of return . . . on the negotiation table . . ."

I must say, admitting to this really does unfreeze the stalemate to an extent.

It also threatens the position of Hamas and I-Jihad. So, I hope his life insurance is paid up, cuz he ain't long for this world.

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-12-02 8:07:42 AM|| 2004-12-02 8:07:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Whoa - is he really indicating that the "right of return" could be transformed into some form of compensation as implied by "not wanting to change Israel's demographic structure"? If so there may just be a flicker at the end of the tunnel. On the other hand, since these are Paleos we're talking about, it could easily be an oncoming train. Don't hold your breath.

Posted by Spot 2004-12-02 8:47:57 AM|| 2004-12-02 8:47:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 agree with Spot. This is positive, but theres so much lunacy in Pal politics its not a good idea to get your hopes up.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-12-02 9:04:15 AM|| 2004-12-02 9:04:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm actually wondering how much of the lunacy died last month. I thought the corpses would be nine deep by now.

Posted by Fred 2004-12-02 9:17:19 AM|| 2004-12-02 9:17:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Few corpses? Cause the Abbas-Qureia-Dahlan coalition is holding for now, with quiet US and Israeli backing, and no one wants to challenge it - yet. (not sure where Rajoub is in all this). Bargouti seems willing to keep the challenge political, and Hamas is feeling isolated (with their lead supporter having died in Paris???) So the quiet is explicable, and MAY last, but may not.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-12-02 10:02:42 AM|| 2004-12-02 10:02:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Yesterday I waded through the Yahoo slidehow of "Middle East Conflict". 300+ pictures of men and veiled wimmin wearing headbands and waving weapons and the Koran. On 30 November the kiddies at An-Najaf University in Nablus had an election for student council. Although there were huge demonstrations and lots of weapons being waved about, it looked like the actual voting went peacefully and the Fatah candidates won handily. Dunno if any of that is significant, but there you have it.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-12-02 10:17:10 AM|| 2004-12-02 10:17:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Just asking if the Palestinian situation would be just as quiet if Kerry had been elected.

Posted by john 2004-12-02 10:26:11 AM|| 2004-12-02 10:26:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 I dunno. Yasser's condition would still be stable. That really does contribute a lot.

Posted by Fred 2004-12-02 11:22:39 AM|| 2004-12-02 11:22:39 AM|| Front Page Top

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