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Biden says Palestinians deserve 'viable' state
Yahoo News(AP) ^ | March 10, 2010 | Karen Laub

Posted on 03/10/2010 6:17:37 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a "viable" independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem.

The Israeli move has overshadowed Biden's visit, meant to promote a new round of U.S.-led negotiations, and drawn Palestinian accusations that Israel is not serious about peace. Israel apologized for embarrassing Biden with the timing of its announcement, but made clear it has no intention of reversing its plan.

Capping a day of meetings with Palestinian leaders, Biden told his hosts that the U.S. is committed to brokering a final peace deal — something that has eluded U.S. leaders for decades.

"The United States pledges to play an active as well as a sustainable role in these talks," Biden said. He stressed the Palestinians deserve an independent state that is "viable and contiguous," meaning the territory should not be broken up by Israeli settlement enclaves.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; israel; middleeast; westbank
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To: canuck_conservative

Right, just like the Jews didn’t need their own state.

They could have lived in Europe, or the US, or Canada, or Australia, etc. etc.

Same logic, right?

There was never, NEVER a palestinian state. It was Ottoman before the British, and so forth.

There was a Jewish State until 70 AD.

Subjectivity will not settle this. Objectivity will.

The Jews were attacked again and again. International law clearly states that any nation, once attacked, and defeats its enemy and takes land in the process, then said land becomes territory of the attacked.

The West Bank belongs to Israel according to international law.

You can talk all you want about the poor Palestinians who consistently embezzle every dollar meant for the people, but sorry, when you do your homework, you’ll see that where there are people called Jordanians, there have never been anyone called Palestinians.

PROOF: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?article_id=28222

Feel sorry all you want. Feelings won’t bring peace.


21 posted on 03/10/2010 7:04:01 AM PST by panzerkamphwageneinz (HALLELUJAH)
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To: pointsal

Paterson and Detroit?

Maybe the U.S. should establish diplomatic relations with these Islamic Enclaves.


22 posted on 03/10/2010 7:18:10 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, Guts and Guns made America great.)
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To: panzerkamphwageneinz

ALSO, see:

http://www.studytoanswer.net/islam_myths.html


23 posted on 03/10/2010 7:19:54 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, Guts and Guns made America great.)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

Biden says Palestinians deserve ‘viable’ state


No they don’t. They’ve proven over and over again that they are incapable of living in peace with their neighbors.
They refuse to recognize Israel and they continue to teach their children to hate. There is absolutely no reason they should have a state of their own unti they reverse their culture of hate.


24 posted on 03/10/2010 7:22:07 AM PST by Joan Kerrey (The bigger the government = The smaller the people)
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To: sniper63
"The dark side of the moon comes to mind as a good place to start."

so that's why Obama is against moon exploration.
25 posted on 03/10/2010 7:23:42 AM PST by ari-freedom (Rush:Remember to put your faith in ideas and not people. People will always, always disappoint you!)
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To: Daveinyork

The Palestinian Arabs would deserve a viable state if ever they elected one, which they have not yet done.

I may be misinformed, but I thought Palestinians were nomads in the past and didn’t have a country. Maybe Saudi or some other sympathizing country could give them a piece of their country and leave little Israel alone.


26 posted on 03/10/2010 7:24:15 AM PST by Bitsy
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To: panzerkamphwageneinz

yeah but those other countries aren’t that stupid...


27 posted on 03/10/2010 7:25:54 AM PST by ari-freedom (Rush:Remember to put your faith in ideas and not people. People will always, always disappoint you!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
“viable state”? The guy is from Delaware. LOL!

I'm in Delaware and I laughed, too!

Nobody messes with Joe--because there's nothing left to mess with.

28 posted on 03/10/2010 7:30:07 AM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: ZULU

Spot on there...magritte


29 posted on 03/10/2010 7:31:22 AM PST by magritte (There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself "Do trousers matter?")
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To: Bitsy

Bedouins are a separate ethnic group. ‘Palestinians’ are overwhelmingly descended from Egyptians, Turks, Syrians, etc, who were lured to the Land of Israel when Jews began developing it about 150 years ago. There were small native Arab populations just as there were small native Jewish populations.


30 posted on 03/10/2010 7:41:35 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Cheap_Hessian
"viable and contiguous," meaning the territory should not be broken up by Israeli settlement enclaves

The writer knows that this is not the meaning of 'contiguous'. If another Arab state is 'contiguous', that means Israel will not be contiguous unless it gives up huge swaths of *pre-1967* territory.

31 posted on 03/10/2010 7:47:08 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

Thanks for your informative response.


32 posted on 03/10/2010 7:59:08 AM PST by Bitsy
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To: Cheap_Hessian

A “viable” state? Well so do Kalifornians!


33 posted on 03/10/2010 8:33:20 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: Cheap_Hessian

Americans also deserve a viable POTUS and Vice President.


34 posted on 03/10/2010 8:35:27 AM PST by dforest
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To: ZULU

Yes that is the solution... transport them to the east... perhaps you can help to seal the trailer/box-car doors.


35 posted on 03/10/2010 8:47:11 AM PST by Erastus CoupeDeVille
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To: canuck_conservative

The Myth of the Palestinian People:

http://israel-arab_conflict.tripod.com/Articles/mythofthepalestinianpeople.html


36 posted on 03/10/2010 8:55:32 AM PST by algernonpj (He who pays the piper . . .)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

They have viable states: Egypt and Jordan.


37 posted on 03/10/2010 8:57:40 AM PST by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: Erastus CoupeDeVille

How absurd.

That is the kind of politically correct idiotic statement one would expect from a liberal Democrat.

Politically correct thinking like that keeps a civilized society from the primary responsibility of any civilized society - its own preservation from a tribe of maniacs.


38 posted on 03/10/2010 9:01:32 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, Guts and Guns made America great.)
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To: jjotto

You can’t “give up” something that you don’t own


39 posted on 03/10/2010 9:29:33 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: sniper63

I always tghought Antarctica would be good. The cool temperatures might moderate their otherwise feral behavior..


40 posted on 03/10/2010 10:09:39 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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