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Kerry Heads To West Bank In Peace Talks Push

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kerry sec of stateUS Secretary of State John Kerry is flying to the West Bank in an attempt to salvage his Middle East bid.

He will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as part of an attempt to get peace talks back on track.

A Palestinian official announced the surprise move after Mr Kerry met twice with Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat on Friday morning in his Amman hotel.

A senior US State Department official confirmed the report saying: “Secretary Kerry will travel to Ramallah this afternoon to meet with President Abbas.”

The whirlwind diplomacy came after the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah rejected Mr Kerry’s proposals for a framework to guide the relaunch of peace talks with the Israelis, which have stalled for nearly three years.

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22 responses to “Kerry Heads To West Bank In Peace Talks Push”

  1. yalaaaaaaaaa Avatar
    yalaaaaaaaaa

    good luck Palestine

    1. Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel Avatar
      Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel

      It’s real simple. They just need to accept that Israel is a sovereign state with the right to decide who moves to within her borders and that the purpose of two state is that one will have an Palestinian Arab majority and the other an Israeli Jewish majority. We’ve even agreed to remove any ethnic Jews from within their borders as they are so utterly incapable of protecting minorities. Unfortunately, Abbas cannot genuinely accept two states for two peoples as the majority of Palestinian Arabs would rather live in a bad situation than swallow their misplaced pride and accept that there is a Jewish majority country next to them.

      1. man-o-war Avatar
        man-o-war

        I think that sounds like the most realistic solution. Its either one state or two states.

        “We’ve even agreed to remove any ethnic Jews from within their borders as they are so utterly incapable of protecting minorities.”, does this include removing the illegal settlements that have carved up a future potential state?

        1. cook Avatar
          cook

          Yup they will have a Jew-free state . 1,750,000 Arabs living in Israel has never been a problem but 600,000 Jews living in the West Bank is somehow a catastrophe to mankind .

          Jews had always lived in Judea and Samaria until Jordan invaded it in 1948 and kicked out every single Jew (and renamed it ‘West Bank’, east bank being Jordan). Now its a crime for Jews to return .

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Everything is about banking problems … 😉

          2. Guest Avatar
            Guest

            lol , on CNN we’re discussing money and the world banking system .. on an article about Kerry 😉

          3. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            Thats not the problem. The problem is that the settlers want to build these isolated settlements that exclude the Palestinians on their own “future state”. They also seem to always build on the prime land. They have carved up the West Bank preventing a contiguous state from ever becoming a reality.

            I personally think that there should be no Israel or Palestine. They should break down the borders and make it one state where Pals and Israelis live side by side. Where they are both treated equally and have equal representation in government. Do you think that could work? Where we have a new constitution that protects everyones rights. Checks and balances that prevents the majority from discriminating against the minority.

            No checkpoints, no fences, no Arab only communities, no Jewish only communities. One country for all, I mean thats how its always been, right? Jews living side by side with Arabs. Lets get back to that and quit isolating ourselves and discriminating against one another.

            Its 2013! Lets break down the F’ing barriers already.

          4. cook Avatar
            cook

            I agree that there should be a Bi-national state . We all thought that withdrawing from Gaza and giving them independence would bring peace; next thing you know rockets are being fired at Israeli towns and the number so far is 14,000 rockets. This is not to say that Gazans are terrorists but just reflects how radical jihadi groups love to take advantage of temporarily lawless territories, I mean just look at how even in Syria Al Nusra comes all the way from Iraq and tries to establish its own interpretation of Islam on Syria . Of course Hamas was elected but then throwing their Fatah opponents off buildings and taking over with no more elections is far from a democracy .

            The barriers and checkpoints were only built after palestinian suicide bombers freely traveled all over Israel and hundreds of civilians were killed .

            But anyway basically I agree with what you say , people should just live in peace and care for their families . Its time people stopped killing each other in the name of race and nationalism and not care so much about politics . Creating more states and boundaries for the sake of “peace” is like printing more and more money thinking it brings value .

        2. Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel Avatar
          Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel

          If everyone in the world said that the existence of Lebanon was illegal, would that make the written laws suddenly change by themselves? Would it change the context in which they were written? Ethics are not what I am talking about here. This isn’t a discussion on the morality of settlement. The laws on settlement were about forcefully transferring Jews from other countries into Nazi occupied Poland. Furthermore, they only apply to the territory of another country, territory at war or territory not at war. The West Bank isn’t one of the first two (the world cannot retroactively recognize Jordan). So what? You’re not allowed to settle in territory “not at war”. What does that mean? The only thing I can think of is that unless you make it a part of your country, then you cannot. So perhaps settling in the West Bank when it isn’t officially a part of the country is illegal but if annexed, surely it is. This would make settlement in East Jerusalem and the former no-man’s land around Latrun perfectly legal. Also, there are a lot of settlements that were built by people who moved there of their own accord. That is not covered. Lastly, in every other case in the world, they would be considered as potential citizens of the new country, no matter how or why they moved there.

  2. yalaaaaaaaaa Avatar
    yalaaaaaaaaa

    good luck Palestine

    1. Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel Avatar
      Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel

      It’s real simple. They just need to accept that Israel is a sovereign state with the right to decide who moves to within her borders and that the purpose of two state is that one will have an Palestinian Arab majority and the other an Israeli Jewish majority. We’ve even agreed to remove any ethnic Jews from within their borders as they are so utterly incapable of protecting minorities. Unfortunately, Abbas cannot genuinely accept two states for two peoples as the majority of Palestinian Arabs would rather live in a bad situation than swallow their misplaced pride and accept that there is a Jewish majority country next to them.

      1. man-o-war Avatar
        man-o-war

        I think that sounds like the most realistic solution. Its either one state or two states.

        “We’ve even agreed to remove any ethnic Jews from within their borders as they are so utterly incapable of protecting minorities.”, does this include removing the illegal settlements that have carved up a future potential state?

        1. cook2half Avatar
          cook2half

          Yup they will have a Jew-free state . 1,750,000 Arabs living in Israel has never been a problem but 600,000 Jews living in the West Bank is somehow a catastrophe to mankind .

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Everything is about banking problems … 😉

          2. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            lol , on CNN we’re discussing money and the world banking system .. on an article about Kerry 😉

          3. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            Thats not the problem. The problem is that the settlers want to build these isolated settlements that exclude the Palestinians on their own “future state”. They also seem to always build on the prime land. They have carved up the West Bank preventing a contiguous state from ever becoming a reality.

            I personally think that there should be no Israel or Palestine. They should break down the borders and make it one state where Pals and Israelis live side by side. Where they are both treated equally and have equal representation in government. Do you think that could work? Where we have a new constitution that protects everyones rights. Checks and balances that prevents the majority from discriminating against the minority.

            No checkpoints, no fences, no Arab only communities, no Jewish only communities. One country for all, I mean thats how its always been, right? Jews living side by side with Arabs. Lets get back to that and quit isolating ourselves and discriminating against one another.

            Its 2013! Lets break down the F’ing barriers already.

          4. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            I agree that there should be a Bi-national state . We all thought that withdrawing from Gaza and giving them independence would bring peace; next thing you know rockets are being fired at Israeli towns and the number so far is 14,000 rockets. This is not to say that Gazans are terrorists but just reflects how radical jihadi groups love to take advantage of temporarily lawless territories, I mean just look at how even in Syria Al Nusra comes all the way from Iraq and tries to establish its own interpretation of Islam on Syria . Of course Hamas was elected but then throwing their Fatah opponents off buildings and taking over with no more elections is far from a democracy .

            The barriers and checkpoints were only built after palestinian suicide bombers freely traveled all over Israel and hundreds of civilians were killed .

            But anyway basically I agree with what you say , people should just live in peace and care for their families . Its time people stopped killing each other in the name of race and nationalism and not care so much about politics . Creating more states and boundaries for the sake of “peace” is like printing more and more money thinking it brings value .

        2. Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel Avatar
          Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel

          If everyone in the world said that the existence of Lebanon was illegal, would that make the written laws suddenly change by themselves? Would it change the context in which they were written? Ethics are not what I am talking about here. This isn’t a discussion on the morality of settlement. The laws on settlement were about forcefully transferring Jews from other countries into Nazi occupied Poland. Furthermore, they only apply to the territory of another country, territory at war or territory not at war. The West Bank isn’t one of the first two (the world cannot retroactively recognize Jordan). So what? You’re not allowed to settle in territory “not at war”. What does that mean? The only thing I can think of is that unless you make it a part of your country, then you cannot. So perhaps settling in the West Bank when it isn’t officially a part of the country is illegal but if annexed, surely it is. This would make settlement in East Jerusalem and the former no-man’s land around Latrun perfectly legal. Also, there are a lot of settlements that were built by people who moved there of their own accord. That is not covered. Lastly, in every other case in the world, they would be considered as potential citizens of the new country, no matter how or why they moved there.

  3. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    A Travelling Man …

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    A Travelling Man …

  5. Igor Chingoski Avatar
    Igor Chingoski

    ooooohhhhh how sweet! more fairy tales, is like kate and whatever…

  6. Igor Chingoski Avatar
    Igor Chingoski

    ooooohhhhh how sweet! more fairy tales, is like kate and whatever…

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