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2009-05-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Kerry: Chances for two-state solution dwindling

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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Why don't Jordan and Egypt just take back the West Bank and Gaza Strip? That would solve the problem - the "Palestinians" would be part of a country again.
Of course NO ONE wants the Palestinians to be part of their country.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-05-16 00:15|| 2009-05-16 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Israel is 9 miles wide at one point. Security problems on the South (Egypt) and North (Lebanon, Syria) are resolveable through diplomacy (with the Golan Heights being a real obstacle). The West Bank is not. Occupation is the only solution in the forseeable future. Terror appears manageable, up to the Jordan River.

It is likely that Obama's successor will at long last refuse peace brokerage, until the arabs meet certain absolute preconditions. And that can only involve the liquidation of Hamas, Hizbollah, and Fatah. Self-determination is a sick joke.

Posted by Jans Wittlesbach2039 2009-05-16 01:04|| 2009-05-16 01:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Plenty of support for a two state solution - as long as the two states are an expanded Gaza and an expanded West Bank, with no Israel in between.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-05-16 08:38|| 2009-05-16 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 You need two peoples to make two states.

Posted by Bright Pebbles the pedantic 2009-05-16 11:13|| 2009-05-16 11:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Dwindling? For some reason, the Monty Python Dead Parrot skit comes to mind. It's not dwindling, it's pining for the fjords!

Posted by SteveS 2009-05-16 16:26|| 2009-05-16 16:26|| Front Page Top

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