Israeli envoy calls divisive settlement plan a politically necessary reprisal by Niki2

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Israeli envoy calls divisive settlement plan a politically necessary reprisal

POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:45
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:04 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I can't believe they're this up front about it!

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Settlement plans east of Jerusalem – decried by the US and Europeans – were meant to punish Palestinians and satisfy domestic political pressure in Israel, Ambassador Michael Oren says.

Israel’s recent decision to proceed with plans for settlement construction in a hypersensitive strip of occupied land east of Jerusalem was meant as a signal to Palestinian leaders that Israel will not let provocative actions go unpunished, the Israeli ambassador to Washington said Tuesday.

Speaking at a Monitor-hosted lunch with reporters, Ambassador Michael Oren placed the announcement of plans for settlement construction in the so-called “E1” tract of land in the context of the Palestinians’ successful bid Nov. 29 for enhanced United Nations status.

“We felt if the Palestinians were taking unilateral action in the UN, we had to also send the message that we could take unilateral actions,” he said. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/monitor_breakfast/2012/1211/Isra
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Do they sound like fucking DICTATORS to anyone but me??

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:38 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Once again, they break any agreement they make before the ink is even dry.
And as usual, taking land and resources in their genocidal intent to push the Palestinians into the sea.

And imma refrain from further comment, at this time.

-F

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:46 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

Unilateral action, eh?

As far as I'm concerned, they can be utterly and completely unilateral. No U.S. aid or support while this nonsense goes on. Make it clear we consider the Palestinian situation an internal matter in which we will not intervene. (Unless they want to recognize palestine as an independent, sovereign state with full rights thereof and withdraw all forces and control from that territory.)

Unilateral sounds darn good to me.

--Anthony

Note to Self:
Raptor - woman testifying about birth control is a slut (the term applies.)
Context: http://tinyurl.com/d6ozfej
Six - Wow, isn't Niki quite the CUNT? And, yes, I spell that in all caps....
http://tinyurl.com/bdjgbpe
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Context: http://tinyurl.com/afve3r9

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -T. S. Szasz

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:50 PM

BYTEMITE

Necessary reprisal and punishment for Palestine deciding to unilaterally... seek recognition from the UN as a state. By unilaterally driving them off their lands by military force and heavy machinery and construction. That's not disproportionate at all.

I notice that if Israel was still trying to do the things Palestine is, like get recognized as a state in the UN if not by their neighbors, and someone was opposing them, the sheer amount of whining would be deafening.

Hypocrites.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 1:27 PM

KPO

Sometimes you own the libs. Sometimes, the libs own you.

The politics of spite, nice.

It's not personal. It's just war.

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Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:45 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Anthony, a belief I've long held. Without us feeding them money, arms, support, etc., I'd like to believe they wouldn't feel so free to behave the way they do. The time when we should support them has long since passed, in my opinion.

Tit for tat got us where we are today. If we want to be grownups, we need to resist the ugliness. If we each did, this would be a better reflection on Firefly and a more welcome place. I will try.

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