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Israel/Palestine

shira

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2. With the Arab Spring/Winter going on, the Palestinian issue....

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:14 PM

Oct 2012

...takes a big back-seat in comparison.

Everyone knows Abbas and the PLO are not interested in a peace deal. They don't find it necessary to divert attention away from the Arab Winter or Iran in order to focus on a lost cause.

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Wiping Palestinians Off the Agenda [View all] Purveyor Oct 2012 OP

It won't disappear still_one Oct 2012 #1

With the Arab Spring/Winter going on, the Palestinian issue.... shira Oct 2012 #2

ah but the Palestinians have not been wiped off the agenda azurnoir Oct 2012 #3

Yes, what a dumb article oberliner Oct 2012 #4

perhaps the Palestinians have been wiped from public attention at the present time azurnoir Oct 2012 #5

And Abbas didn't look like an idiot oberliner Oct 2012 #6

well ya I chalked it up to an attempt on Netanyahu's part to be azurnoir Oct 2012 #7

He got what he wanted from Obama.... shira Oct 2012 #8