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shira

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35. You're assuming settlements and borders are the main sticking points....
Tue Jan 22, 2013, 10:51 PM
Jan 2013

Abbas has in no way said anything like that.

Don't you think that if borders were the main issue, he'd have said that long ago?

Here's the thing. Israel could offer all YOU are demanding, and when Abbas rejects even that you will CONTINUE to blame Israel for the conflict's continuation. You'd never admit the problem is that the Palestinians simply are not willing to live at peace alongside Israel.

"70 books I still haven't published" Scootaloo Jan 2013 #1
You'd think it might occur to him to start a PA publishing house Ken Burch Jan 2013 #14
Hasn't EVERYONE written vampire fiction, though? Scootaloo Jan 2013 #16
Well, not St. Paul... Ken Burch Jan 2013 #21
Report: Abbas’ Holocaust-Denial Dissertation Widely-Taught in PA, zellie Jan 2013 #2
Stop. We need to keep pretending he's moderate, peace is possible.... shira Jan 2013 #4
Abbas a moderate? Laughable. zellie Jan 2013 #11
Abbas is always portrayed as moderate. Bibi an extreme rightwing hawk.... shira Jan 2013 #13
Abbas isn't building illegal settlements in Israel. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #17
No, he's just pro-terror vs. innocents. That's all... shira Jan 2013 #23
Netanyahu made his "support" of a two-state solution meaningless Ken Burch Jan 2013 #26
The point is Abbas is in no way moderate. You can't defend that label. shira Jan 2013 #28
He recognizes Israel's right to exist, and has been willing to negotiate. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #31
He signed a piece of paper. So what? And being more moderate than Hamas.... shira Jan 2013 #32
The thing is, Abbas is the best possible partner you're going to get...and he has to be part of it. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #34
You're assuming settlements and borders are the main sticking points.... shira Jan 2013 #35
Those are massively important things to ALL Palestnians...why would they NOT be? Ken Burch Jan 2013 #36
"Israel could offer all YOU are demanding..." R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #37
What's the ALTERNATIVE to negotiations with the PA? Ken Burch Jan 2013 #15
Why pretend Abbas wants a peace deal? n/t shira Jan 2013 #24
Perhaps Abbas and Naftali Bennett can go on a comedy tour together. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #3
is bennett the leader of Israel? Mosby Jan 2013 #5
Don't you just love all the morally equivalent FAILS we see here all the time? shira Jan 2013 #6
Tell us again how Israel has a right to the West bank, my friend. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #8
I won't help you derail this thread. Why don't u stick to the topic rather than deflect to Bennett? shira Jan 2013 #9
Bennett is WORSE than Abbas. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #19
Really? Abbas just told 150,000 Syrian Palestinians it's better.... shira Jan 2013 #25
Yes. Bennett supports making Palestine Arabrein. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #38
"None of the Palestinian leaders would be absolutely rigig on full physical RoR" shira Jan 2013 #39
The problem is, you're demanding that they give up ANY RoR as a precondition. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #40
"I won't help you derail this thread." R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #27
Abbas just said Syrian Palestinians are better off dead than renouncing RoR.... shira Jan 2013 #29
Shira, I know that it is painfully dificult for you. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #33
He may be someday. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #7
Israelis are provoking Muslims? Do tell... shira Jan 2013 #10
Answer: They're Jews. nt. zellie Jan 2013 #12
trick question..."Israelis" couldn't provoke anybody in 1929... Ken Burch Jan 2013 #20
I'm sorry... Shaktimaan Feb 2013 #41
In Segev's "One Palestine, Complete" Ken Burch Feb 2013 #42
No there isn't oberliner Feb 2013 #43
I'll reread, but was sure I'd read of that. n/t. Ken Burch Feb 2013 #46
If you find what you mean, tell me the page oberliner Feb 2013 #49
The Mufti was appointed by the British Scootaloo Jan 2013 #22
In fact, the Mufti LOST badly in the advisory ballot of Palestinians as to who should get the job Ken Burch Feb 2013 #47
Are you answering your own question? If you wish to converse with yourself R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #30
Bennett will probably be in the next Cabinet...possibly as foreign minister. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #18
No he won't oberliner Feb 2013 #44
He was proposing to force the Arabs out of Palestine. Ken Burch Feb 2013 #45
No he wasn't oberliner Feb 2013 #48
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