Rice cautions Israel against pursuing peace with Syria

JPOST ^ | May. 30, 2007 18:19 | Updated May. 30, 2007 | jpost.com staff

[colorado tanker]

She needn't worry as there isn't a snowball's chance in Arabia that either group would make peace in a way assuring Israel's existence.

This comment is good evidence that there really are parallel universes to ours.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Ping!

[Convert from ECUSA]

Ain’t it the truth!

[Dick Bachert]

And the Israeli reply is being prepared as we speak:

[SJackson]

Sabra’s gone.

[APRPEH]

i agree with you Golan is forever Israel. But Israel will have to make its own arrangements and deal with Syria by diplomacy or force or a combination.

[APRPEH]

the forced nature of this policy is incredibly naive on Bush’s part. Like saying, i am going to stop drinking for ever right after happy hour.

[APRPEH]

of course, the arabs could leave in large numbers from inside Israel. but driving your point is that there is little incentive for the barbarians to ever come to terms. particular regimes may come to terms but the conflict is merely on standby.

[APRPEH]

israel must take and hold enough of Gaza to prevent “Israel” from being hit. this is the only solution.

[APRPEH]

i hate it when they switch the picture...

this one will have to do

[Convert from ECUSA]

OK, Thanks.

[justiceseeker93]

If they give the Golan Heights back[,] Northern Israel...will make Sderot look like a vacation paradise.

Anyone who has been there and has half a brain can see the essential strategic value of the Golan Heights in maintaining Israel's security against Syria. Israel would be suicidal to give it back.

[familyop]

Commencement Address at Boston College (Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Boston, Massachusetts, May 22, 2006. US Department of State)

Excerpts:

As a student of a Catholic high school, the Sisters of Loretta taught me, I am pleased to be at an institution of higher education with such strong and celebrated Catholic and Jesuit traditions . . . You see, I got my Master's Degree at Notre Dame. (Boos.) I acquired a passion for the fighting Irish . . . and my family has been college educated and Presbyterian ever since. (Laughter and applause.) . . . I wandered into a course on international politics taught by a Czech refugee who specialized in Soviet studies, a man who had a daughter by the name of Madeleine Albright. With that one class, I was hooked. I discovered that my passion was Russia and all things Russian.

Rice: Better to have Hamas in power than in streets
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733397/posts

Rice: Palestinians deserve to live free of 'occupation'[at an event of pro-Palestinian group]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717847/posts

US Supplies Fatah With Arms, Rice Decries "Occupation"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718348/posts


Our USA does not need the balkanization, IMO. Four-fifths of us are in favor of Israel, and special interest groups should let that be. My first lead on the information, BTW, was a flood of special interest (Catholic and Episcopal ethnic/religious advocacy) mail calling for Rice's appointment.

And no, I'm not the one stirring the pot. That was done by the putsch for Rice's appointment and the "Road Map" for Islamo-fascist movements into Israel.

[familyop]

Most Americans Support Right of Jews to Live and Build in Judea-Samaria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/927783/posts
June 10, 2003
"By a margin of nearly five to one, Americans oppose the Bush administration's demand to halt all further Jewish construction in Judea-Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza . . . The poll, carried out by John McLaughlin & Associates, surveyed a scientific sample of 1,000 American adults on May 21, 2003.

President Bush Calls for New Palestinian Leadership
The Rose Garden
June 24, 2002
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020624-3.html
"The United States, the international donor community and the World Bank stand ready to work with Palestinians on a major project of economic reform and development. The United States, the EU, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund are willing to oversee reforms in Palestinian finances, encouraging transparency and independent auditing."

Quartet Joint Statement
Summary
July 16, 2002: Text of a joint statement issued by the "Quartet" (United Nations, Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union) following their meeting in New York
[Document behind the link.]
http://europa-eu-un.org/articles/sk/article_1489_sk.htm
"The new international Task Force on Reform, which is comprised of representatives of the U.S., EU, UN Secretary General, Russia, Japan, Norway, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and which works under the auspices of the Quartet, will strive to develop and implement a comprehensive action plan for reform."

...little more background material:

Rice: Israel Must Withdraw from More than Gaza and Samaria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333354/posts
February 1, 2005

Bush and Sharon disagree over Israel's future
Wednesday June 27, 2001
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,513410,00.html

Sharon presses Putin to drop UN resolution on road map
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013908/posts
4 November 2003

In 1967, the leaders of our various nations showed their vanity with UN Security Council Resolution 242. They again ignored the Mandate (binding world agreement on the Jewish Homeland) and demanded that Israel give land to the Arab nations. We can go back further than that, though. The "road map" is really not a new thing, but our leaders will go on saying that it was Israel's idea all along. The canard of blaming Israel in advance for its own destruction by other nations/religions goes back thousands of years.

2004 Republican Party Platform
(see the info about our "Roadmap")

[familyop]

...some of the constituents pushing our leadership against Israel and the "Road Map."

Disciples of Christ to Israel: Drop dead
http://209.157.64.201/focus/f-religion/1458942/posts

U.S. Presbyterians target five firms with Israel links
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458765/posts

The Church Stares Into the Abyss (The dhimmitude of the Church of England)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435084/posts

(Anti-Semitic) Anglican group urges Israel sanctions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1430566/posts

Anglicans Call for Sanction on Investment in Israel to Uphold Justice
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1430772/posts

THE VATICAN AND THE STANDOFF AT THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp515.htm

Two United Methodist gatherings urge selective divestment from Israel (official anti-Israel United Methodist Website)
http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.886089/k.A105/Two_United_Methodist_gatherings_urge_selective_divestment_from_Israel.htm

world council of churches (WCC)
church & ecumenical relations
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/ecumenical/index-e.html
"Among those churches which are not members of the WCC, the most notable is the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). Since 1965 a Joint Working Group (JWG), co-sponsored by the WCC and the RCC, has met regularly to discuss issues of common interest and promote cooperation. The group meets annually. One of the church and ecumenical relations staff members serves as co-secretary for the JWG and helps to coordinate contact between the Council and the dicasteries of the Vatican through the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. [And] . . . Though the Roman Catholic Church is not a member of the WCC, it is a full member of the Faith & Order Commission. The RCC also serves the team on Mission & Evangelism in a consultative capacity."