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Peres: I was wrong about disengagement
The Jerusalem Post ^ | February 18, 2009 | Etgar Lefkovits

Posted on 02/18/2009 6:07:17 PM PST by EveningStar

President Shimon Peres said Wednesday that he erred in supporting Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: disengagement; gaza; israel; peres

1 posted on 02/18/2009 6:07:17 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: Alouette; SJackson

ping


2 posted on 02/18/2009 6:07:39 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
Ya think!

Master of the obvious alert...

3 posted on 02/18/2009 6:08:18 PM PST by NELSON111
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To: EveningStar

CYA and a little late.


4 posted on 02/18/2009 6:09:17 PM PST by icwhatudo
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with all due respect, what a dumbass....


5 posted on 02/18/2009 6:10:27 PM PST by raygunfan
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To: EveningStar

Well I’ll be. Israel’s Jimmmy Carter has allowed clarity to sneak in.

*GASP*

Wait a sec! He’s picking Netanyahu! He’s picking Netanyahu!


6 posted on 02/18/2009 6:15:16 PM PST by agrace
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To: EveningStar

If he flips too much more he may just end up being the third term of Bush.


7 posted on 02/18/2009 6:24:31 PM PST by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: EveningStar

I don’t think he means anything by it. He was backed into a corner by a bunch of Angry American Jewish mayors, and came out with this in defense of himself.

But note what he added after he had time to recover. “The President’s Office subsequently said that Peres meant that he was against the way the pullout was carried out, and the lack of political and security coordination with the Palestinians.”

In other words, it would have been OK if he had just talked it over a little more with the Palestinians, so the withdrawal wouldn’t have been quite so awkward and personally embarrassing to him. After all, they are nice guys, they just needed a little more talking to and they would have been more understanding of his hurt feelings.


8 posted on 02/18/2009 6:48:07 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Aw thanks a lot, meanie, way to rain on my parade. ;)

No wait, I take back the wink. I’m serious, man!


9 posted on 02/18/2009 6:52:57 PM PST by agrace
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To: All
As much as it pains me, H/T LGF
10 posted on 02/18/2009 6:56:38 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: agrace

Well, I’m rooting for Bibi, too.


11 posted on 02/18/2009 7:40:07 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Too late to redeem yourself. You ruined the best headline I’d read all day.

...OK, I admit it - I didn’t actually read the article so it’s my own fault. :) Ha, have a good night.


12 posted on 02/18/2009 8:23:30 PM PST by agrace
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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13 posted on 02/19/2009 5:29:55 AM PST by SJackson (a tax cut is non-targetedÂ…no guaranteeÂ…theyÂ’re free to invest anywhere that they want, J Kerry)
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To: SJackson; Alouette; F15Eagle; T.L.Sink; 444Flyer; mkjessup; sheik yerbouty; SunkenCiv

Memo to Shimon Peres: Buster, you are really swift on the uptake (NOT!)


14 posted on 02/19/2009 9:42:48 AM PST by Convert from ECUSA (It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies - C.S. Lewis)
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