Posted on 12/10/2017 1:41:33 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Vice President Pence called the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to snub a meeting with him “unfortunate,” and that he still plans to visit the region.
The statement from Pence’s press secretary on Sunday comes ahead of a planned trip to Israel and Egypt later this month. It also comes a few days after President Trump decided to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which angered Palestinians.
Abbas said Saturday he would cancel a planned Dec. 19 meeting with Pence in retaliation for the embassy move. Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as their capital and the move sparked major protests and riots in response to the decision.
“It’s unfortunate that the Palestinian Authority is walking away again from an opportunity to discuss the future of the region, but the administration remains undeterred in its efforts to help achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians and our peace team remains hard at work putting together a plan,” Press Secretary Alyssa Farah said in a statement.
Pence will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on the trip.
“facts on the ground haven‘t changed that and aren‘t going to.”
Mexico could easily say that their border includes New Mexico, Texas and California. Germany could make claims on what is today part of France. Every country you can name has, at one time, had a different border. Historic claims like tis are called irredentism. The Arabs attacked and lost. Part of the risk of attacking is that you lose. We can’t take that away from the aspect of war, since at one time or another we too have benefited from winning.
“Irredentism is any political or popular movement intended to reclaim and reoccupy a lost homeland. As such irredentism tries to justify its territorial claims on the basis of (real or imagined) historic or ethnic affiliations. It is often advocated by nationalist and pan-nationalist movements and has been a feature of identity politics, cultural, and political geography.”
The election is in 2024 ...
nope - because all those other examples you cite; the 2 gov‘ts agreed to the border.
181 remains the sole recognized boundaries between Israel & Palistine. And most of the world agrees.
“181 remains the sole recognized boundaries between Israel & Palistine. And most of the world agrees.”
Most of the world is not living next door to people who are trying daily to kill them. If they Israelis give the Palestinians everything they want the Palestinians will want just one more thing; that all Israelis die. They will use their new territory to launch attacks to make that happen. Israel needs defensible borders and, it really doesn’t matter what the rest of the world thinks. The rest of the world doesn’t have to live (or die) by what happens. Israel does and will.
Oh, and do you think that Mexico was happy to agree to the new border? I doubt it.
I guess that ‘unfortunate’ is diplo-speak for ‘childish’
blather - you last post might be titled :
the lebensraum argument
there are no elections until then?
In the good old days, we used to destroy our enemies.
I know, but Pence would take office in 2025.
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