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2013-01-31 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

PLO's Erekat welcomes Hamas acceptance of two-state solution

[Al Ahram] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,'s approval of the two-state solution reveals the tendency of the movement to cooperate with the political platform of the Paleostine Liberation Organisation (PLO), senior Paleostinian negotiator Saeb Erekat
...negotiated the Oslo Accords with Israel. He has been chief Paleostinian negotiator since 1995. He is currently negotiating with Israel to establish a de jure Paleostinian state...
told the Saudi Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper Wednesday.

Erekat, a member of the PLO Executive Committee, stated that the decision of the Islamist movement to accept a state based on pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital stems from its willingness to pave the way for further inter-Paleostinian reconciliation.

"Hamas has to maintain this orientation in case of a future revival of talks with the Israeli side, as the two-state solution signifies the cornerstone of the PLO's position towards the grinding of the peace processor," he noted.

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy had come up with a new idea...
Erekat welcomed the recent meeting between Hamas leader Khaled Meshal and Jordan's King Abdullah II, calling on the international community to understand that Amman is a "partner" to the Paleostinians.

Meshal said Monday that the world "must respect" Paleostinian reconciliation talks during a visit to Jordan, a palace statement said.

Posted by Fred 2013-01-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top
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#1 East and West Palestine?

Posted by Perfesser 2013-01-31 10:48|| 2013-01-31 10:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Sucky Palestine and Even Suckier Palestine. They can toss a coin to see who gets the short end of the Paleostick.

Posted by SteveS 2013-01-31 11:18|| 2013-01-31 11:18|| Front Page Top

#3 accept a state based on pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital

The delusional mindset that this always demonstrates gives me the giggles. Ummm, what if the Israelis don't agree?

It's like they think that any offer from 50 years ago is still on the table, that nothing ever changes. Gee, that house was for sale in 1955 for $18,500. I'll take it! What do you mean it costs $350,000 now??

Posted by AlanC 2013-01-31 12:35|| 2013-01-31 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 ...to accept a state based on pre-1967 borders

They always talk like they woke up one morning in 1967 and some bastard just had pulled the old switcheroo with the map. Never a mention of why the map changed...

Posted by tu3031 2013-01-31 13:11|| 2013-01-31 13:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Has anyone considered the 5 state solution? Anyone with significant sense knows, the ME is like Kittehs, you gotta have an odd number or the furballs will erupt much to frequently.

Thus... we have head cat
Israel
West Bank Cat Clinger
West Bank Explorer
Gaza the Cat with No hips.
The dead kittehs.

Posted by Shipman 2013-01-31 17:53|| 2013-01-31 17:53|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't remember Hamas agreeing to the 2 state solution. But, according to this report, a Hamas big shot to the King of Jordan to tell Obama that they did.

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