Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Have A Great Tuesday

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2 comments:

Gary Panos said...

The White House on Monday bluntly warned Israel that its occupation of Palestinian land must end, dismissing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to take back controversial campaign pledges.

In unusually tough language that underscores the fracture in relations between Washington and Israel, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said “an occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end.”


McDonough criticized Netanyahu’s pre-election pledge to block the creation of a Palestinian state — the supposed end goal of decades of fruitless peace talks — and he questioned Netanyahu’s efforts to undo the damage.

“We cannot simply pretend that those comments were never made, or that they don’t raise questions about the Prime Minister’s commitment to achieving peace through direct negotiations,” he said.

“The Palestinian people must have the right to live in and govern themselves in their own sovereign state,” he added.

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Jim Sande said...

Nothing will come of this. Here's how it plays out. The GOP takes this as meaning the White House/democrats hate Israel, we already hear this in Cruz's presidential announcement remarks. Netanyahu will simply double down on his GOP connection pipeline. Fundamentally the Palestinians are left holding the bag. Tensions in the Middle East escalate, and Netanyahu is happy to go military anytime. It's unfortunate but nothing 'peaceful' happens in the ME. It's the populations that have to make the personal day to day commitments and then say FU to their respective governments. Bridge building takes place between ordinary people, out of sight.

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