Showing posts with label two-state solution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label two-state solution. Show all posts

26 April 2009

UPDATED Iran to Accept Israel in Two State Solution

Trouble for war mongering Israel. Iran and the US may patch things up, then poor little killing machine Israel, won't have anyone to attack, and when peace comes they will no longer need BILLIONS off the American taxpayer either!! That is the REAL reason they keep creating conflicts in the middle east, not because they are threatened, but to keep the money flowing, to milk the American taxpayer of billions of dollars. UPDATED, absolute comedy, within 21 minutes of this report below appearing online, what do we see? THIS article at the Jerusalem post, Israel is comical and transparent, and insane.......war mongers

Washington, April 27 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said it will be “fine with us” if the Palestinians reach a two-state deal with Israel.
In an interview with US’ ABC network, the Iranian leader appeared to hold out an olive branch in backing Palestine to pursue a deal for statehood alongside Iran’s arch-enemy.

“Whatever decision they take is fine with us. We are not going to determine anything. Whatever decision they take, we will support that,” Ahmadinejad said in the interview in Tehran last week.

“We think that this is the right of the Palestinian people, however we fully expect other states to do so as well,” Ahmadinejad said, without saying whether Iran would recognise Israel as part of a “two-state agreement”.

With regard to Iran’s atomic programme, the Iranian president said it was up to the US to take the lead in the nuclear discussions. “Iran and US relations are dependent on the decision taken by the US administration.”

When asked if Iran was ready to talk to the US without preconditions, he said “No”.

“We should just have a clear-cut framework for talks,” he said.

Ahmadinejad stood by his speech in Geneva that prompted a walkout by European diplomats. The US and Israel boycotted the conference, where the Iranian leader launched a new verbal attack on the Jewish state, Geo TV said Sunday.

Earlier this month, Ahmadinejad said Tehran would offer a new package to the world powers for the nuclear negotiations.

“And we are reconsidering our proposed package,” he told ABC. “We are adding new issues to the realm of the talks. And we are going to make that public as soon as possible. We are always ready to talk,” he said. link

28 March 2009

Strong Message Sent to Israel

EU urges new Israeli government to accept Palestinian state. However, unless US foreign policy towards Israel changes, little can be done to sway Israel into behaving itself and allowing a Palestinian state. As always, it is the US that holds any control over Israel as they provide billions of dollars to Israel and unless that is placed on the line, we may not see any movement from Zionist Israeli Government. Additionally, the US must re-take control of American Policy from AIPAC and the Israeli Lobby groups that now control congress, the senate and even Obama (witness the smear campaign on Freeman!) So, America has some work to do!

The European Union on Friday told Israel's incoming new government that there would be "consequences" if it does not accept the principle of a Palestinian state.

"Relations would become very difficult indeed," said Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency.

"At one of our next ministerial meetings we would have to discuss what consequences the EU would draw from that,"

One thing that could be jeopardised would be an idea to formally upgrade EU-Israeli ties.

Several other EU foreign ministers judged that an Israeli government which does not accept a two-sate solution would not be acceptable itself.

"We Europeans believe that the putting in place of a two-state solution remains the plan," said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

"The foreign ministers must send a clear message saying that if this is not the case, the EU cannot accept it," added Luxembourg's Jean Asselborn.

Last year the EU decided to enhance ties with Israel but the idea has been a dead letter since the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year.

The Europeans are the biggest donors of aid to the Palestinians but they hold little sway over Israel, which is backed firmly by the United States.
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25 March 2009

Israel Admits Murdering Children

Another nail in Israel’s coffin

Wow, Israel under pressure from the world and running from war crime charges admit what we already know, they targeted and murdered children. The Israeli army murdered children in Gaza. Albiet Israel is only claiming it killed 189 children rather than the huge number of children they really murdered. Still, this admission proves that worldwide public opinion and outrage is taking it’s effect on Isarel. This admission, coupled with the fact that the Israeli Army, in fact, has a policy of killing children aged 12 and recently there was a report of Israel using children as human shields. It seems to me that a charge of war crimes is yet closer.


Israel admits killing 189 children in Gaza campaign

Israel's armed forces admitted on Wednesday that 189 Palestinian children under the age of 15 were killed during the assault on the Gaza Strip.

The first official figures released by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) of the casualties inflicted by the three-week campaign found that a total of 309 Palestinian civilians were killed.

The survey was disclosed as Benjamin Netanyahu, the incoming prime minister, presented himself as a peacemaker and assured Palestinians that his government would be their "partner". One day after enlisting the Labour Party into a broad coalition, embracing Left and Right, Mr Netanyahu focused on his plans to help the Palestinian economy.

"I think that the Palestinians should understand that they have in our government a partner for peace, for security and for rapid economic development of the Palestinian economy," said Mr Netanyahu


(I think the Palestinians know what you are Bibi, a liar and a right wing neo con Zionist not to be trusted, they also understand the kind of “peace” you want, the kind that comes when you exterminate all Palestinians and steal all their land, that is Israel’s version of peace)

But Mr Netanyahu did not go as far as to endorse a two-state solution, which forms the essential foundation for America's plans for a peace settlement. In the past, he has consistently opposed the creation of a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza.

Under the coalition deal with Labour, Mr Netanyahu's Right-wing Likud party will adhere to previous international agreements made by Israel. This formula may leave open a window for a deal on Palestinian statehood.

But Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian negotiator, said that Mr Netanyahu would be judged by results. "Any Israeli government that accepts the two-state solution, negotiates with us on all core issues without exception, and agrees to stop settlement activity will be a partner," he said.

Even as Mr Netanyahu was addressing the conference, however, Israel's Army Radio reported that he had agreed to build more homes inside Jewish settlements on the West Bank inside an area known as E-1, a few miles east of Jerusalem. Construction in this vital region could sever the West Bank in two, making the creation of a viable Palestinian state even more difficult.

The radio station said this was part of a secret agreement with Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of the nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, who is likely to be foreign minister in the new coalition.

The IDF's survey of the casualties in Gaza found that 1,370 Palestinians were killed in the campaign, which began on Dec 27 after years of rocket fire into Israel's southern cities. Of these, some 600 were guerrillas and another 320 were unidentified and designated simply as "unaffiliated".

The IDF defines anyone under the age of 15 as a child and admits that 189 were killed. The Palestinian authorities list anyone under the age of 18 as a child.
Another point of contention is over how to identify the 200 Palestinian policemen who were killed in the first day of the fighting during an Israeli air raid on a graduation ceremony in Gaza City. Israel categorises them as Hamas fighters on the grounds that Hamas governs Gaza and controls the police.