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Clinton says two-state solution 'inescapable' for Middle East
The Times ^ | 3/4/2009 | James Hider in Jerusalem

Posted on 03/03/2009 8:55:27 PM PST by bruinbirdman

Hillary Clinton threw herself into the turmoil of the Middle East crisis yesterday by backing the creation of a Palestinian state despite opposition from the incoming Israeli Government.

The US Secretary of State also dispatched high-level envoys to Syria to discern the opportunities for regional talks.

Mrs Clinton urged continued dialogue with the Palestinian Authority to create an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. “We happen to believe that moving towards a two-state solution is in Israel’s best interests,” she said. The new Administration of President Obama would be vigorously engaged in pursuing that goal, she said.

Mrs Clinton will be dealing with Binyamin Netanyahu, the right-wing Likud party leader who has refused to endorse the idea of a two-state solution and openly rejected the last round of peace talks initiated by the Bush Government. Mr Netanyahu, who is forming a far-right government, was elusive about his intentions after meeting Mrs Clinton. “Our shared goal is the need for creative thinking to move forward and out of the maze,” he said.

An aide to Mr Netanyahu told the Ynet news website before the meeting: “He will tell her that, while he does not favour diplomatic stalemate, he will not commit to the Annapolis process and the two-state principle.”

Mr Netanyahu said that he had raised what he considered to be Israel’s most serious threat, Iran, in the discussions. He and others on the Right warn that a Palestinian state could pose a threat to Israeli security, pointing to the example of Gaza, which Israel left in 2005 but whose Islamist rulers, Hamas — backed by Tehran — continue to fire rockets at Israel. Hamas, which refuses to recognise Israel, has said that it will not halt its attacks until the Jewish state ends

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KEYWORDS: bho44; bhomiddleeast; clinton; democrat; democrats; hillary; hillaryclinton; israel; obama; soshillary; usefulidiot
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Hussein let it be known he wanted a "unification government", a slap at Netanyahu. Mrs. Clinton goes to Israel before Bibi has forms a government while her minions are backdooring Syria.
1 posted on 03/03/2009 8:55:27 PM PST by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman

Well she is the world’s smartest woman. But didn’t Bush already set a roadmap to that?


2 posted on 03/03/2009 8:57:01 PM PST by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: bruinbirdman

After some of Obama’s radical Arab and Moslem suck up appointments, even the Dems in Congress are getting worried.

I still think Israel will be the issue that first begins to split the Democrats.


3 posted on 03/03/2009 8:59:54 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: sgtyork

And her experience to be SIS is what exactly? Mediocre junior senator from an adopted state, or whas it her sham marriage to the adulterer-in-chief, or ws it her long legal career in Arkansas?


5 posted on 03/03/2009 9:03:46 PM PST by ffusco (The President will return this country to what it once was...An arctic wasteland covered in ice.)
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“We happen to believe that moving towards a two-state solution is in Israel’s best interests,”

Does Israel agree to this belief?

6 posted on 03/03/2009 9:03:59 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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To: bruinbirdman

Inescapable. Split your country in two and hand half of it over to your mortal enemies or else, basically. And this leads to “peace.”

Is it only people with a Biblically based sense of right and wrong, who see the utter folly of this?


7 posted on 03/03/2009 9:05:15 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: bruinbirdman
gee, Bibi didn't fall for the entreaties of the hormone-ridden menopausal skank from Hope. Imagine that.
8 posted on 03/03/2009 9:07:04 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Kansas58

Impossible! 78% of American (liberal) Jews voted for Hussein who has close ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

It appears American Jews want to sell Israel down the river.

Most Jews are, by and large, bright people but few figured out the obvious - Obama is a muslim. Ask anyone in Africa and they will laugh about it.


9 posted on 03/03/2009 9:10:48 PM PST by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: SoldierDad
"Does Israel agree to this belief?"

"Mr Netanyahu told the Ynet news website before the meeting: 'He will tell her that, while he does not favour diplomatic stalemate, he will not commit to the Annapolis process and the two-state principle.' "

yitbos

10 posted on 03/03/2009 9:11:45 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds.")
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To: hinckley buzzard
Golly, I hope menopause doesn't take that long.

I'm ready to 86 my menses at 43. Thirty+ years is enough, thank you very much.

11 posted on 03/03/2009 9:13:23 PM PST by synbad600
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To: Frantzie

Well, a sell out of Israel might help us take Florida, in 4 years.

Or, if Obama supports Israel?

American Muslims voted rather heavily for Obama as well!


12 posted on 03/03/2009 9:14:14 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: bruinbirdman

I hope that position wins out. A two state solution will result in Israel’s ultimate destruction.


13 posted on 03/03/2009 9:14:18 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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“We happen to believe that moving towards a two-state solution is in Israel’s best interests,” she said

Hillary back in the WE are the president mode?

I don't know how this thing ever made it to the world stage. She must have obama's birth certificate.

14 posted on 03/03/2009 9:18:39 PM PST by BARLF
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"And her experience to be SIS is what exactly? "

Hillary smooches Suha after Mrs. Arafat accuses Israel of using poison gas. 11 November 1999

Hillary has an affinity for terrorists whether they be Arabs or Puerto Rican bomb throwers.

yitbos

15 posted on 03/03/2009 9:20:50 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds.")
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To: SoldierDad

And if they don’t turn over land and/or agree to a two state deal, then what? Israel itself becomes a majority Palestnian nation and the Jews lose control at the ballot box. That is the only reason we have seen Israel agree to “land for peace”. Demographics IS politics, as we in the West will be seeing in the next several decades.


16 posted on 03/03/2009 9:22:13 PM PST by DryFly
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To: Frantzie

If Gaza under Hamas is getting $900 million from the Obama admnistration, defense aid to Israel is being cut and a two state solution is being pushed by Hillary, why doesn’t she spend the night in the Gaza City Hilton? Why do American diplomats who are pro- Arab always stay in Jerusalem at the King David Hotel? Betting Hillary was there last night.


17 posted on 03/03/2009 9:24:42 PM PST by masadaman
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To: bruinbirdman
Mrs Clinton will be [double] dealing with Binyamin Netanyahu, the right-wing Likud party leader

Which serves to answer the question, why shouldn't megalomaniacs be SOS?

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18 posted on 03/03/2009 9:25:00 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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"American Muslims voted rather heavily for Obama as well! "

We'll never know for sure. Hussein made sure of that. He conveniently dropped out of the Michigan primary where most of the Mohammedans are. The demographics of the Islam precincts in Michigan would have been devestatingly one sided and may very well have torpedoed Barack Hussein's candidacy

yitbos

19 posted on 03/03/2009 9:30:38 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds.")
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To: DryFly
"then what? Israel itself becomes a majority Palestnian nation "

Netanyahu will form a coalition government with a nationalist/religious party that has a final solution for that problem.

yitbos

20 posted on 03/03/2009 9:34:45 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds.")
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