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| Abbas Rejects Sharon's Offer on Refugees, Occupied Lands | |
| 2004-12-21 | |
| PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas has rejected as "unacceptable" Israeli Prime Minisier Ariel Sharon's latest assertions about limited return of Palestinian refugees and limited return of occupied lands, in a newspaper interview yesterday. "We will stick to our principles and hope to receive support from the world community till Sharon retreats from his stands," Abbas told the Times of Oman. Abbas, a hot favorite to succeed late Yasser Arafat as Palestinian president in January election following the withdrawal of candidacy by Marwan Barghouti, was here as part of his Gulf tour during which he held what he called "fruitful" discussions with Omani ruler Sultan Qaboos. Answering a question whether he was carrying American or British ideas, Abbas said: "No doubt, there are Arab ideas focusing on the implementation of the road map. Israel is talking about withdrawal from Gaza and the Arab position is that this withdrawal should be part of the road map. Israel rejects and wants only to withdraw from Gaza, refusing to return to the pre-1967 war borders.'' He said: "The problem of refugees is integrated and the word (refugee) refers to any person who left his/her home or was forced to do so and not his/her nation. This means he/she who left Hai is is a refugee and who left all Palestine is a refugee.''
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 âWe will stick to our principles and hope to receive support from the world community till Sharon retreats from his stands,â Abbas told the Times of Oman. "Nothing to see here, now move along." |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-21 1:38:47 PM |
| #4 freds comment about sums it up. as usual. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-12-21 9:27:48 AM |
| #3 i think freds comment about sums it up. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-12-21 9:26:25 AM |
| #2 Here we go again, these guys have learnt nothing, they are hereditary morons incapable of adapting to reality. Instead of trying to reach a realistic agreement they are playing again the broken old record of the refugees. Stupid assholes, take the money that went to buy explosives and finance hotel suites for Suha(TM) and build factories and housing for your refugees. by insisting on the impossible you are leading your people into a second Nakba. I guess this puts a whole new dimension into, and experimental proof of Darwinian theory. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2004-12-21 3:15:49 AM |
| #1 The inane asinine deal-killer has always been the faux "right of return" bullshit. Even if they weren't steeped in hate from birth and actually pretended to be engaged, the Paleos would always drag this joke out to cover their lack of progress, insincerity, and full intention to find a way of annihilating Israel. There will not be a peaceful solution, Bush, Blair, whomever, notwithstanding. There is no reason to be optimistic, no reason to presume a way will be found, no justification for the continued support of the Road Map. Nothing has changed, IMHO. Thus, no point in any more meetings or conferences or talks. The fence is the only substantive change in 50+ years. Build it. Faster. Each side is very clear on what it demands: one is simple and sensible and the other is utterly insane. Fin. When one side is wiped out or a means is found so that the Paleos can't effectively kill any more Israelis which means the Paleo funders have had their resources taken away, there will be peace. Olive groves, goats, sheep, haggling, and peace. Prolly about 1.5 generations after the establishment of the Republic of Eastern Arabia and the Republic of Democratic Persia, the collapse of the economies of the EU countries who enable the survival of the Paleo hate machine, and the demise of the UN which is its sole form of legitimacy. Looking ahead, all of these events are coming, taking shape right before us -- unless something even more catastrophic / extraordinary (it's a POV thingy) occurs first. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-21 1:13:04 AM |