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| Arab states urged to cut ties with Israel |
| 2010-05-16 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Two committees at Arab Parliament have called on the Arab League members to sever "all direct and indirect contacts with Israel" over Tel Aviv's "ethnic cleansing" policy. During a two-day convention in Damascus, the Foreign Affairs and Policy Committee and the National Security Committee, called on member states to sever all ties with the Israeli regime in protest at the expulsion policy it has been practicing in the West Bank. The committees pointed to Tel Aviv's latest decision to expel tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians, describing it as a "new chapter of ethnic cleansing." Israel has a policy, which allows the military to deport or expel "infiltrators," who according to Tel Aviv are Palestinians without proper registration papers. Two military orders enforced in April expanded the definition of "infiltrator," thereby rendering potentially thousands of Gaza residents in the West Bank susceptible to deportation. "Intensified settlement activity in the occupied Arab territories reaffirms that Israel does not wish to reach a just peace in the Middle East, rejecting any mediation aimed at stopping settlement growth and withdrawing from all occupied land to the 1967 borders," the committees said on Saturday. In March, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said that the body would discuss withdrawing the Arab Peace Initiative amidst ongoing settlement activity. The initiative offers normalization of ties with Israel in exchange for the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. Since the indirect talks between Israel and Palestine began last week, Tel Aviv has revealed several plans for illegal settlement growth throughout East al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the West Bank. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 A "GREATER IRAN". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-16 21:19 |
| #5 FREEREPUBLIC > HEZBOLLAH CLERIC CALLS FOR "ISLAMIC UNITED STATES", to form and dominate the Middle East + Central Asia. FYI plus also to destroy ISRAEL + SECULAR ARAB STATES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-16 21:18 |
| #4 Much of this is on the head of the Israelis, for trying to be "nice guys" and play fair. Were they to seriously crack down on the Arabs, there would actually be *less* criticism. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-05-16 12:48 |
| #3 I get so sick and tired of this crap and the whole arab position is based on flaming lies. If Israel was what the arabs claimed, there would be no arabs. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2010-05-16 11:31 |
| #2 Arab citizens of Israel comprise a little more than 20% of the population. Twelve of the 120 members of the Israeli Parliament are Arab citizens, most representing Arab political parties, and one of Israel's Supreme Court judges is a Palestinian Arab. Let's see, I wonder if there is a 20% Jewish population in any of these Arab states? Representation in Arab governments? Not too big on democracy in these Arab states? Synagogues or churches in these Arab states? Any near Mecca? I'm not wondering much. They are hypocrites. Get energy independent of these Arab states and cut our ties. They have been nothing but trouble. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-16 11:30 |
| #1 "ethnic cleansing" policy Hypocrites!Arabs are well known for their ethnic cleansing see Sudan and how the Christians/Jews are teated in Arab contries! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-05-16 04:25 |