Obama Expected To Moderate Meeting Between Netanyahu, Abbas

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Posted: 08-31-09 03:29 PM

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President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late September, a discussion that could lead to the resumption of peace negotiations, Israeli President Shimon Peres told FOX News.

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President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late September, a discussion that could lead to the resum...
President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late September, a discussion that could lead to the resum...
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- murphy80 I'm a Fan of murphy80 9 fans permalink

good luck......­.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:16 PM on 09/12/2009
- alysheba 3 I'm a Fan of alysheba 3 37 fans permalink

Might be difficult if Abbas doesn't arrive for these talks. Abbas says that until all settlement activity stops e will not talk to Netanyahu.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:12 AM on 09/01/2009
- Paulo1 I'm a Fan of Paulo1 41 fans permalink

Bad idea,

Let them moderate themselves. This game of both sides appealing to us like we're some kind of international Big Brother is part of the problem. Every President wants to be the Humanitarian Diplomat Who Brings Peace To The Middle East. Unfortunately all they do is get caught in more of the same old same old of false starts, broken promises, roadmaps to nowhere and outright lies by both sides.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:44 AM on 09/01/2009
- yankees I'm a Fan of yankees 18 fans permalink

Forget the settlements, the real issue is Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas and the right of Israel to exist. Also, give Israel a "REAL" sense of security.
I think Israel is using the settlements as a trump card which they trade for the above.
The other key is helping the economy of the West Bank to succeed, Gaza can wait until Hamas turns back the government to the PA.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:15 AM on 09/01/2009
- murphy80 I'm a Fan of murphy80 9 fans permalink

the ball is in bibi's court

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:29 AM on 09/01/2009
- Tulu I'm a Fan of Tulu permalink

Ethiopia: Netanyahu slams Israeli school ban on Ethiopia Jews:

http://ecadforum.com/blog/2009/08/30/ethiopia-netanyahu-slams-israeli-schools/

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:17 PM on 08/31/2009

He wants them to get educated..­.the opposite of Hamas' "leadership''unless it's only Hamas-style propaganda!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:32 PM on 08/31/2009
- smiles123 I'm a Fan of smiles123 12 fans permalink

I have no idea how long the problem has existed with these schools but the timing of the Netanyahu's outrage is interesting. Better later than never I guess.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:28 PM on 08/31/2009
- CarlyHope I'm a Fan of CarlyHope 9 fans permalink

what areyou talking about. its 3 schools. an isolated incident

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:37 PM on 09/01/2009

I would remind daffy..er.­.ah baffy that every POTUS and every Congress since Israel was founded in 1948 has voted to give Israel aid...beca­use they ALL believe it is in the national interest of the USA to do that ! So has every Sec of Defense ! Surely the rich Arab oil states have the money to buy them off...but they put our national interest ahead of that!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:13 PM on 08/31/2009

Doesn't look like Abbas has missed any meals lately! Maybe Dan Marino can get him on nutri-system!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:44 PM on 08/31/2009

In the meantime his "people" get the scraps from his table!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:17 PM on 08/31/2009

Ought to be real cute when BIBI meets a man who wrote his college thesis on Holocaust denial...t­hat would be Abbas!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:35 PM on 08/31/2009

Hmmm...Oba­ma should probably wear some sort of rain poncho at that meeting, because it is going to turn into a food fight sooner or later....i­f he manages to get Israel to abide by the Road Map and dismantle settlements, even if it's only those which are outside the current Berlin Wall of the Middle East, it will be a major step forward.

There are two main problems as I see it. The control of water resources and the discontiguous borders of a Palestinian controlled area. Only Israel can change those issues.

I believe that the Palestinian Authority, or at least those Palestinian elements which they control, would very much trade peace for land, as long as it includes unimpeded water, without which the land is worthless.

Anything is possible this time, since these are not two sworn enemies like the last time. Arafat and Sharon were like Batman and the Joker going all the way back to Sabra and Shatila http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre) , there was no way these guys would ever reach an agreement.

If Obama manages to get them talking sensibly, I repeat, anything can happen. This situation has reached the point that it's an economic albatross for both parties, and there might be a solution that would include international peacekeeper troops, particularly including Arab League countries and EU countries.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:05 PM on 08/31/2009
- JerryLevy I'm a Fan of JerryLevy 54 fans permalink
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Calling the security barrier erected by Israel the "Berlin Wall of the Middle East" is a huge misnomer and fabrication. The Berlin wall was erected to keep the E. Germans from leaving that country. It was purely set up to establish a prison which would enable the Comunists to stay in power---it was not erected to stop any violence. The Israeli security barrier or the "wall" as I prefer to call it was reluctantly erected only after repeated suicide terror attacks by the Palestinians against Israelis in discos, restaurants, buses, and Temples. Thousands of men, women and children were murdered with the complete support of the Palestinian political establishment, Palestinian Media, and Palestinian clergy. Many schools and government buildings on the West Bank and Gaza are named ofter suicide terrorists. Palestinian hatred and violence was the source of the Israeli Wall.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:23 PM on 08/31/2009
- baffy I'm a Fan of baffy 19 fans permalink

"Thousands of men women and children were murdered". Your numbers are ridiculous. Quote some factual numbers please.

As regards the "wall", nobody object to Israel building a wall. However, they should do so only on their land. The "wall" is not just a barrier it is part of a massive illegal land-grab and is universally condemned.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:22 PM on 08/31/2009
- Goefel I'm a Fan of Goefel 10 fans permalink
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Numbers tell the story. B'Tselem, the Israeli Center for Human Rights shows from
September 29, 200 to December 26, 2008 the death toll of Palestinians is 4791 fatalities, not all are terrorists­.This number excludes the Gaza killings in Jan 2009 (about 1500 persons). Two-thirds of the Gazans were women and children. That is pretty a shameful record in most people's account.

Don't take my word for it, see B'Tselem:
http://www.btselem.org/english/statistics/Casualties.asp

Graphs of the comparisons of fatalities:
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/media/nyt-report.html

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:18 PM on 09/01/2009
- Whitley2009 I'm a Fan of Whitley2009 120 fans permalink
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Does our POTUS realize he will be between a Cobra and a Mamba? I wouldn't get near those two lying sonsu.vb.itches.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:25 PM on 08/31/2009

That's "mongoose" not mamba,which is another kind of snake!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:37 PM on 08/31/2009

How about this: would you get near Bush and Cheney in the same room??

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:59 PM on 08/31/2009
- GrumpyinAZ I'm a Fan of GrumpyinAZ 8 fans permalink
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"Negotiate" Abbas was installed by the CIA with the backing of Israeli Airstrikes and Artillery. Fatah sold it's souls

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:47 PM on 08/31/2009
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Secretary of State Clinton announced in May that the Obama administration, “wants to see a stop to settlements — not some settlements, not outposts, not natural-growth exceptions­...and we intend to press that point.”

In June Obama held a press conference with Abbas and said, “I told Prime Minister Netanyahu that each party has obligations under the road map. On the Israeli side those obligations include stopping settlement­s...Obviou­sly, Prime Minister Netanyahu has to work these issues in his own government­.”

Under international law ALL the settlements are illegal as is The Wall where ever it is not on the Green Line.

“Although the Obama Administration may truly desire viable two-state solution and even understands all Israel’s tricks, it is also clear that without significant pressure it cannot be achieved. Israel’s trump card has always been Congress, where it enjoys virtually unanimous bi-partisan support. “-Jeff Halper, "NETANYAHU CHOOSES WAREHOUSING"

While I was in Jerusalem in June 2009, Jeff Halper, American Israeli, Founder+Coordinator of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions/ICAHD, told me:

"Congress has always been Israel's trump card and the democrats have been more pro-Israel than the republicans.

"Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are the problem, not Netanyahu.

"When you meet with your congressional reps ask them how their uncritical support for Israel-and what is seen throughout the world as a USA-Israeli occupation of Palestine can possibly be in the best interest of America."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:32 PM on 08/31/2009
- JerryLevy I'm a Fan of JerryLevy 54 fans permalink
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Under what international law is it illegal for Israel to defend its people against wanton murderers? Just out of curiosity, is suicide terror illegal?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:26 PM on 08/31/2009
- mjeffn I'm a Fan of mjeffn 27 fans permalink

Interesting approach.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:10 PM on 08/31/2009
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