Israel/Palestine

teddy51

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5. I can't give you a reason why they will, but I can give a number of reasons why

Reply to aranthus (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:01 PM

Nov 2012

they should.

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Britain ready to back Palestinian statehood at UN [View all] oberliner Nov 2012 OP

Good. It's long past time. PDJane Nov 2012 #1

What about Israel's water problems? oberliner Nov 2012 #3

I think that, instead of stealing the water table to use profligately, PDJane Nov 2012 #6

Maybe Israelis and Palestinians can work together oberliner Nov 2012 #7

Such a settlement can't be reached through negotiations with Likud, though. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #8

Following your logic oberliner Nov 2012 #10

Sadly, at this point 2...it needs to be done through the UN Ken Burch Nov 2012 #11

The UN? oberliner Nov 2012 #13

It could be something like binding arbitration in a labor dispute. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #14

That seems less likely than cutting a deal with Netanyahu oberliner Nov 2012 #29

How could this possibly work? aranthus Nov 2012 #31

How can you say there's NO neutral aribitrator? Ken Burch Nov 2012 #33

Because unlike you, I'm a realist. aranthus Nov 2012 #34

False in everything. aranthus Nov 2012 #30

No one is asking Israel to negotiate as losers...just as equals...just in a spirit of mutual respect Ken Burch Nov 2012 #37

It's not about saying "we won" aranthus Nov 2012 #41

It wouldn't harm anything to let the old folks come back Ken Burch Nov 2012 #42

Israel has let people come back, but admitting wrongdoing isn't going to happen. aranthus Nov 2012 #43

well one of our Israeli posters has said that Israel is building desalination plants azurnoir Nov 2012 #16

Self-deleted........... kayecy Nov 2012 #17

I hope this comes to pass, and that Hamas will stand down as well. teddy51 Nov 2012 #2

If this comes to pass what reason would Hamas have to stand down? n/t aranthus Nov 2012 #4

I can't give you a reason why they will, but I can give a number of reasons why teddy51 Nov 2012 #5

The best thing of all would be for Hamas and Likud-Beitenyu Ken Burch Nov 2012 #9

Agreed! teddy51 Nov 2012 #15

I certainly do not support Likud but your constant attempts to Dick Dastardly Nov 2012 #18

Likud is the lineal descendant of the Irgun(the terrorist wing of the Revisionist movement) Ken Burch Nov 2012 #19

Why stop there? Why not argue Likud/Irgun is no better than the Nazi party? shira Nov 2012 #21

I would never compare Likud to the Nazis. You know that. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #22

What are you opposed to if you cannot even acknowledge what Hamas does? n/t shira Nov 2012 #23

What difference does it make whether I go through it point by point or not? Ken Burch Nov 2012 #24

Hamas sees people like yourself as supporters... shira Nov 2012 #36

You actually think Hamas cares about what I think. That's sad, really. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #39

They care about their support system. You're part of that.... shira Nov 2012 #44

You know perfectly well that none of those groups support Hamas. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #47

Then why do they do Hamas' hasbara? Why do they ignore/deny, explain away.... shira Nov 2012 #48

Yes, but think like Hamas for a minute. Why stand down? aranthus Nov 2012 #32

Well, actually, in China the Communists DID say that Capitalism is not a bad thing. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #35

Ken, you're the one arguing Arabs are constitutionally incapable of making changes... shira Nov 2012 #38

I said, Hamas, not "Arabs". Ken Burch Nov 2012 #40

Israel has every right to make moral demands of Hamas and Fatah.... shira Nov 2012 #45

"If Mahmoud Abbas pledges not to pursue Israel for war crimes..." Interesting that, indeed. eom Purveyor Nov 2012 #12

There would need to be compensation and an admission that wrongs were done Ken Burch Nov 2012 #20

why with friends like the UK what more can the Palestinians ask? n/t azurnoir Nov 2012 #25

LOL. bemildred Nov 2012 #26

Friends? oberliner Nov 2012 #27

Iran has backed the PA/PLO do tell azurnoir Nov 2012 #28

A NATION CHALLENGED: TERRORISM; A Secret Iran-Arafat Connection Is Seen Fueling the Mideast Fire shira Nov 2012 #46