Comments on: Israel-Palestine Proximity Talks, Game of Charade

By: mary

mary — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:57:40 +0000

No one wants to rein him in, Gene; I was being facetious. They're all aggressive Zionists, as is ol' Bibi…

By: Mark Bernadiner

Mark Bernadiner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:46:04 +0000

Two-state solution was implemented in 1922 when british administration of occupied Israel allocated more than half Israel territory to palestinian muslims and created Transjordan (now Jordan). Therefore, all so called "palestinians" must be relocated there in compliance with the 1920 UN Resolution. Enough stealing Israel land. Britain and Jordan must compensate Israel for stolen land and natural resources. Ref: Jewish legal rights to Judea and Samaria By prominent International Law specialist Ted Belman | 12/08/09 | 06:19 AM EDT | http://www.redcounty.com/jewish-legal-rights-jude...

By: Michael Drew

Michael Drew — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:27:01 +0000

We created a monster, and armed it.

By: kalea

kalea — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:02:56 +0000

Why doesn't Biden bow while he shakes Netanyahu's hand? Why not fully act out the part? After all, this visit is nothing more than a sham formality, a show, a charade and let’s makes an effort at make-believe peace for political interest. May as well depict the truth in gestures as well as words. Netanyahu is shaking hands with one hand while he signs onto 1600 more illegal homes on the West Bank with the hand behind his back.

The U.S. is enabling a crime against humanity and war crimes. Evicting people and transferring people out of occupied land and building and transferring foreign settlers onto that land is a war crime and an act prohibited in the Geneva Convention. Meanwhile, the collective punishment of people in Gaza is a crime against humanity.

Building a wall on occupied land is illegal and the military oppression of people under occupation is also illegal.

Why is Biden shaking the hand of someone who is approving illegal activity with the other hand?

This is an unethical, unholy, immoral alliance and it can’t be described any other way.

By: Gene Schulman

Gene Schulman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:29:23 +0000

For goodness’ sake, Mary. What on earth makes you think Obama or any one else in authority in the US even wants to rein in Netanyahu? As I’ve said many times before, their ends, and means, are the same. Palestinians, Iranians, be damned.

By: Shirin

Shirin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:49:18 +0000

Richard Witty, I would agree with you, but I really think it is all theatre and not a bit of reality. But maybe you are right and at least there will be some genuine effort to rein in Netanyahu. I hope you are right in this.

By: Shirin

Shirin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:47:04 +0000

None of them gives a damn about the Palestinians. None of them ever has.

By: Kalea

Kalea — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:06:05 +0000

Of course this is true. It saddens me that on ALL sides the hardship Palestinians are experiencing is not what motivates the parties to restart this process. What they all have in common is the need to stage a political play to survive politically, especially Obama and Abbas, while Netanyahu plays their game of peace talks but then approves more illegal settlement activity while he buys more time to expand the state of Israel and make the two-state solution impossible, hence sabotage peace.

Once again, Palestinians are merely a political football in a game where everyone wins something except them.