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Candidate for U.S. security adviser wants NATO force in West Bank
By Aluf Benn
Tags: israel news, barack obama 

served as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian security issues over the past year. He was tasked in particular with formulating security arrangements between Israel and the future Palestinian state.

Jones is expected to play a key role in the Obama administration. According to U.S. press reports, he will be as strong as Henry Kissinger, the all-powerful national security adviser to President Richard Nixon. His Middle East experience will presumably accord him a senior position in formulating American policy in the region - though Israeli sources say he would probably take a broader view as national security adviser than he did as Rice's envoy.
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Israel has worked hard over the past year to persuade the Bush administration to accept its proposals on security arrangements. Israel's main argument was that its major population centers are vulnerable to rocket and suicide attacks from the West Bank, and that security control of the Jordan Valley is essential to prevent weapons from being smuggled into the West Bank. Israel also demanded complete demilitarization of the future Palestinian state, Israeli control of border crossings and Israeli early warning stations in the mountains.

In response to Israel's claim that the Palestinians cannot be trusted with responsibility for security, Jones, a former NATO commander, proposed a NATO-based international force that would later transfer control to the Palestinians.

Israeli officials say that such a force sounds wonderful, but in practice cannot provide the intelligence necessary to prevent terror.

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      1.   NATO to the rescue-- of terrorists 02:34  |  Yacov 23/11/08
      2.   The man clearly does not understand the situation 02:17  |  Mark Lincoln 23/11/08
      3.   "Like Kissinger"-who`s got Nobel for enabling Pol Pot rule 02:43  |  Absolute Sweden 23/11/08
      4.   did jones ask NATO what they think about it? 02:46  |  or just assume? 23/11/08
      5.   But USA cant even get NATO troops for Afghanistan! 02:58  |  Alan SA 23/11/08
      6.   Ahhh, the winds of change... 03:06  |  BBSNews 23/11/08
      7.   great proposal 03:19  |  ron 23/11/08
      8.   NATO? No. UN? Perhaps 03:32  |  End the Occupation 23/11/08
      9.   BBS, Don`t Be Too Assured About That Civil War. 03:44  |  Reader 23/11/08
      10.   Another Kissinger No Way 04:36  |  Ralph levy 23/11/08
      11.   Finally The World May See Some Sane Leadership from the USA 05:16  |  Johan Odin 23/11/08
      12.   BRAVO JAMES JONES, BRAVO BROTHER 05:39  |  indrajaya 23/11/08
      13.   The Appeasement Leadership in Israel 18:54  |  Ralph Levy 23/11/08
      14.   IT SOUNDS OK TO ME 05:45  |  indrajaya 23/11/08
      15.   Foreign peacekeepers have already failed in Lebanon. 06:00  |  Matt C 23/11/08
      16.   A PARADOX FROM ISRAEL SIDE 06:04  |  indrajaya 23/11/08
      17.   #15, Matt C "foreign forces have already failed" 06:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/11/08
      18.   A Sound Idea 06:51  |  Doubleclick 23/11/08
      19.   #12 - indrajaya 07:10  |  MichaelF 23/11/08
      20.   # 15, MATT C 07:10  |  indrajaya 23/11/08
      21.   #5 - Alan SA 07:11  |  MichaelF 23/11/08
      22.   Crunching US Troop Numbers 07:21  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      23.   Well Matt C, I move to remove UNIFIL from Lebanon... 07:24  |  BBSNews 23/11/08
      24.   # 18 Doubleclick 07:24  |  Sonny 23/11/08
      25.   Failure in Lebanon? 07:33  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      26.   Jones and Obama....with friends like these who needs enemies. 07:55  |  Connie 23/11/08
      27.   Is Israel a sovereign state? 08:08  |  Moshe 23/11/08
      28.   27 Moshe - Mistaken 08:22  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      29.   28 - Mark of Lewiston 08:55  |  Moshe 23/11/08
      30.   #15 &17 - Matt C and Cipora 09:05  |  S 23/11/08
      31.   "Such a force SOUNDS wonderful"? It IS wonderful. 09:05  |  Ivar 23/11/08
      32.   11:Israel will end up stronger, in any case. Sorry for bad news.. 09:14  |  EL 23/11/08
      33.   The perverse logic of a twisted regime 09:19  |  Joe 23/11/08
      34.   Give NATO a chance. 09:20  |  Esther 23/11/08
      35.   Postscript: If not NATO, then at least UN... 09:23  |  Esther 23/11/08
      36.   29 Moshe - The Point of the Troops 09:34  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      37.   West Bank? 09:35  |  Danny 23/11/08
      38.   Esther - Don`t Read Too Much In 09:43  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      39.   # 32, EL 09:47  |  indrajaya 23/11/08
      40.   Risky Business, but worth a try 09:51  |  Natallie Durson 23/11/08
      41.   WILL they be forced to allow Arabs firing next to them? 09:13  |  PETER SM 23/11/08
      42.   #25: Yes, I believe UN peacekeepers failed in Lebanon (2nd try). 09:54  |  Matt C 23/11/08
      43.   ODIN Whats lacking is sane instead of Islamist leadership 09:59  |  PETER SM 23/11/08
      44.   First danger signal about Obama regime 10:12  |  Shalom Freedman 23/11/08
      45.   36 Mark - "Two states" is no solution 10:20  |  Moshe 23/11/08
      46.   # 39, NATALLIE DURSON 10:21  |  indrajaya 23/11/08
      47.   42 Matt C - Misreading 1701 10:34  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      48.   Notice how Israeli Jews are squirming? 10:34  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/11/08
      49.   Could any decent, honest, Israeli/Arab oppose Mr. Jones plan ??? 10:45  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/11/08
      50.   Strategy of failure 10:46  |  Dr D 23/11/08
      51.   45 Moshe - That May be your Choice 10:50  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      52.   #48 Chris Linthwaite - anti-Israelis like you will be squirming! 10:53  |  S 23/11/08
      53.   First do it properly in Lebanon and Gaza 11:01  |  IW 23/11/08
      54.   #39:ha;even US Pres. cannot/will not reneg on support for Israel. 11:03  |  EL 23/11/08
      55.   another comedy article from the inexperienced ! 11:08  |  victor hardman 23/11/08
      56.   Yeah right, like the fine job the Intl force is doing in Lebanon 11:11  |  Jimmy Dhimmi 23/11/08
      57.   Whay not try Gaza first; what`s where the fun is! 11:19  |  Moshe 23/11/08
      58.   It`s all downhill for Israel from here on in 11:23  |  Clickfool 23/11/08
      59.   #44, Shalom Friedman 11:29  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/11/08
      60.   NATO is not UN!! It is a force ready to fight if needed! 11:31  |  S 23/11/08
      61.   #52 S 11:32  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/11/08
      62.   #52, S 11:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/11/08
      63.   is not going to happen. So obvious... 11:39  |  17 23/11/08
      64.   Mark #38... whatever, let it be there... 11:43  |  Esther 23/11/08
      65.   I share your fear Chris Linthwaite #61 11:53  |  S 23/11/08
      66.   NATO force in West Bank 11:57  |  Eliezer 23/11/08
      67.   Thank You Prime Minister Sharon for insisting on The Bush Letter 11:58  |  EL 23/11/08
      68.   Cipora - If Jones idea doesn`t work, nothing will. 11:59  |  S 23/11/08
      69.   Patience Ran Out Whoever Won The Election 12:07  |  Yosemite 23/11/08
      70.   To all those Israelis/Diasporas here who oppose Jones plan.... 12:09  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/11/08
      71.   After 60 years... 12:12  |  samos 23/11/08
      72.   64 Esther - Agreed 12:32  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      73.   That Bush Letter Expires 12:37  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      74.   For Samos # 71 12:38  |  Clickfool 23/11/08
      75.   GEN James Jones` Unworkable Idea 12:43  |  Jeff Northridge 23/11/08
      76.   There Will Be No Foreign Troops Here On OUR Soil 12:47  |  Yishai Kohen 23/11/08
      77.   All of S today... concur completely, NATO a good option... 12:49  |  Esther 23/11/08
      78.   # 22 Mark of Lewiston 12:57  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/11/08
      79.   # 70 hey swiss (dino) re: general jones 12:58  |  eric 23/11/08
      80.   For Yishai Cohen # 76 12:59  |  Clickfool 23/11/08
      81.   75 Jeff Northridge - Peace Agreement Needed First 13:05  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      82.   #75, Jeff Northridge 13:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/11/08
      83.   Isreal vis-a-vis the Free World 13:10  |  Brendan 23/11/08
      84.   Israel looking for reasons "Not To" as usual. 13:11  |  Labhras 23/11/08
      85.   ever wonder WHY israel has ALWAYS opposed this 13:13  |  eric 23/11/08
      86.   # 79 eric, very much "off the road", I`m afraid...... 13:18  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/11/08
      87.   # 79 eric, maybe you confused the name Condi Rice with.... 13:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/11/08
      88.   #81, Mark of Lewiston 13:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/11/08
      89.   No 77 -IDF are foriegn occupation troops 13:38  |  Palestinian Brit 23/11/08
      90.   # 75 to jeff northridge re: "nato" 13:40  |  eric 23/11/08
      91.   Brendan - Israel didn`t exist in WW2. 13:44  |  Palestinian Brit 23/11/08
      92.   DEMANDS demilitarization? 13:46  |  Ahmed 23/11/08
      93.   # 86 to swiss (dino) re: my sincerest apology 13:47  |  eric 23/11/08
      94.   #48 Chris Lightweight.... 13:57  |  allang 23/11/08
      95.   73:Baloney. The letter was a commitment not just for w`s term... 14:11  |  El 23/11/08
      96.   Mark of Lewiston # 81 That Would Be Alright With Me 14:18  |  Jeff Northridge 23/11/08
      97.   Bad News For You, Clickfool 14:35  |  Yishai Kohen 23/11/08
      98.   eric # 90 The NATO Charter Does Not Include The West Bank 15:59  |  Jeff Northridge 23/11/08
      99.   Click #80... nothing will make-a-dent.... 16:02  |  Esther 23/11/08
      100.   Drawing the battle line and the end of Jordan. 16:09  |  Akram Zekaria. 23/11/08
      101.   A door 16:12  |  Jose Marcio 23/11/08
      102.   NO to this crap 16:17  |  Brod 23/11/08
      103.   What mandate? 16:19  |  Jan Elshout 23/11/08
      104.   And what are those NATO troops going to do? 16:55  |  Mark Lincoln 23/11/08
      105.   Indrajaya - Indonesian Army Far Too Busy For West Bank 17:00  |  Craig 23/11/08
      106.   #54 EL What 17:10  |  Sonny 23/11/08
      107.   #67 EL Bush 17:19  |  Sonny 23/11/08
      108.   #95 jan has never heard of human rights ?/ 17:30  |  v.hardman 23/11/08
      109.   See the prophets of doom, Click # 58. Enjoy your sad discourse 17:31  |  Israeli cititzen 23/11/08
      110.   Why Not 17:50  |  Abe 23/11/08
      111.   Its Israel`s own fault 17:53  |  Dave Duncan 23/11/08
      112.   #91 Jeff Northridge 18:04  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/11/08
      113.   If Israel truely wants a 2-state solution 18:06  |  Realist 23/11/08
      114.   # 45 only Jews in the US 18:10  |  Faris Zaidan 23/11/08
      115.   #95 Jan Elshout.....yes, a huge obstacle 18:15  |  Lynn 23/11/08
      116.   #76 Yishai Ko. "There Will Be No Foreign Troops Here On OUR Soil" 18:19  |  OUR OCCUPATION 23/11/08
      117.   #84 Labras 18:30  |  H 23/11/08
      118.   NATO force in West Bank 18:35  |  Catholic Israeli 23/11/08
      119.   Nato is not a fighting force 19:00  |  Isac 23/11/08
      120.   Where is the change 19:06  |  Great White North 23/11/08
      121.   candidate for US security advisor wants Nato force in west bank 19:21  |  dan 23/11/08
      122.   #54 LA re Bush letter 19:25  |  janet 23/11/08
      123.   great white north..that`s why i love canadians 19:45  |  strange 23/11/08
      124.   #14 stone deaf & Blind but sounds & looks OK to him 19:50  |  Ari ben Yisrael 23/11/08
      125.   indrajaya14 that`s good... 20:02  |  strange 23/11/08
      126.   labhras 20:17  |  strange 23/11/08
      127.   International security force necessary for viable peace 20:28  |  Cliff 23/11/08
      128.   US/NATO Went to WAR Against Christians for Islam (1) 20:32  |  Linda Rivera 23/11/08
      129.   US/NATO Went to WAR Against Christians for Islam (2) 20:34  |  Linda Rivera 23/11/08
      130.   US/NATO Went to WAR Against Christians for Islam (3) 20:37  |  Linda Rivera 23/11/08
      131.   # 93 Thanks very much, eric, but actually I was only kidding.... 20:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/11/08
      132.   International Force in Lebanon is helping Hezbolah 20:57  |  Gary 23/11/08
      133.   And B`tslem can process their film 20:58  |  Gray 23/11/08
      134.   And B`tslem can process their film 20:58  |  Gray 23/11/08
      135.   cliff126 you are partly right.. 21:07  |  strange 23/11/08
      136.   1999 U.S./NATO WAR On Christians: RETURN TO BARBARISM (1) 21:11  |  Linda Rivera 23/11/08
      137.   Gen. James Jones a man of great vision. 21:12  |  Paddy Mc Kiernan 23/11/08
      138.   1999 US/NATO`s WAR on Christians. RETURN to BARBARISM (2) 21:16  |  Linda Rivera 23/11/08
      139.   ron#7. Of COURSE IT IS A GREAT PROPOSAL 21:18  |  Doug Campbell 23/11/08
      140.   1999 US/NATO`s WAR on Christians. RETURN to BARBARISM (3) 21:19  |  Linda Rivera 23/11/08
      141.   To Moshe: Is Israel a sovereign state? 21:28  |  Otto Rand 23/11/08
      142.   #125 strange not quite 21:29  |  Labhras 23/11/08
      143.   Not a Bad Idea in My Opinion 21:39  |  Jane 23/11/08
      144.   #120 Great White North 21:41  |  Che Vive 23/11/08
      145.   To Cipora Cohn #90 21:41  |  Otto Rand 23/11/08
      146.   Forget the Un-It is Dead 21:42  |  Jane 23/11/08
      147.   If they can effectively stop arab terror , then it is good 21:47  |  TOMY 23/11/08
      148.   95 EL - A Constitutional Issue 21:47  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      149.   To Dan from Santa Cruz 21:47  |  Otto Rand 23/11/08
      150.   This was tried in 1967 in Sinai , when Nasser 21:53  |  TOMY 23/11/08
      151.   To Realist 21:55  |  Otto Rand 23/11/08
      152.   The question is , will they be able to change 21:59  |  TOMY 23/11/08
      153.   Nato force 22:04  |  Shmuelshachor 23/11/08
      154.   88 Cipora - Exactly 22:05  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/11/08
      155.   #127 Grey , but what will you say , if the camera 22:05  |  TOMY 23/11/08
      156.   #108 Paul Harris aka Victor Hardman 22:23  |  Labhras 23/11/08
      157.   Makes Sense 22:39  |  ChrisS 23/11/08
      158.   Reply to Victor Hardman (Post No. 55) 22:57  |  Johnny Weintraub 23/11/08
      159.   Chris Linthwaite # 112 NATO And Afganistan 23:01  |  Jeff Northridge 23/11/08
      160.   The entire point of his "advice" 23:28  |  Johnboy 23/11/08
      161.   Another Vatican Flunky 23:43  |  Ken Quinn 23/11/08
      162.   #2 Mark LIncoln..Riight You are.I couldnot believe what I READ! 00:11  |  Israeli 24/11/08
      163.   # To Mat C,and CJK..Both right on the button.. 00:14  |  Israeli 24/11/08
      164.   #130 Jeff Northridge 00:56  |  Chris Linthwaite 24/11/08
      165.   Though a Resolution in the Occupied Territories is Laudable... 01:14  |  Reader 24/11/08
      166.   #130 Gosh, Jeff, remind me again..... 01:17  |  Johnboy 24/11/08
      167.   PAL/BRIT Never was a Nation called Palestinians.Arabs is what 01:36  |  PETER SM 24/11/08
      168.   #49 Swiss , mistaken analysis . 02:33  |  TOMY 24/11/08
      169.   Israel won`t like NATO in the West Bank. 02:57  |  Maureen Ann 24/11/08
      170.   #41 Peter SM ** Now wouldn`t that be something eh? 02:57  |  Israeli 24/11/08
      171.   #63 17 .Of course it is not going to happen.Obviously 03:01  |  Israeli 24/11/08
      172.   The Jews Never Asked Any U.S. Soldiers to Fight for Zion. 03:02  |  Joseph.E 24/11/08
      173.   Luxembourg in Jenin, Portuguese in Qalqilya... 03:06  |  Fortuna Benmayor 24/11/08
      174.   #76 Yishai Kohen Right you are.ONLY THE IDF is the BOSS! 03:09  |  Israeli 24/11/08
      175.   What Foreign Forces Ever Fought for the jewish Wars ? 03:17  |  Joseph.E 24/11/08
      176.   Palestinian Brit 03:17  |  Danite 24/11/08
      177.   Peter SM - what an absurd and assinine argument 04:09  |  Mark Lincoln 24/11/08
      178.   # 98 to jeff northridge re: nato (2nd try) 04:22  |  eric 24/11/08
      179.   #114 Faris Zaidan 05:25  |  Sonny 24/11/08
      180.   Candidate for U.S. security adviser wants NATO force in West Bank 06:13  |  American 24/11/08
      181.   M. Lincoln, you confuse land with nation 07:17  |  Rob 24/11/08
      182.   104 Mark Lincoln - Not Before Treaty 07:37  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/11/08
      183.   Disputed Territories 08:03  |  Tom 24/11/08
      184.   A follow up to my post 100# (predictions). 08:16  |  Akram Zekaria 24/11/08
      185.   International Military Police Forces led by Israeli Police 08:31  |  John Isenhower 24/11/08
      186.   #95 I don`t think so, El 08:34  |  Johnboy 24/11/08
      187.   #29 You jest, Moshe... 09:36  |  Johnboy 24/11/08
      188.   # 153 Shmuelshachor Nato Force 15:56  |  KATHY 24/11/08
      189.   #180 American...Your reply says it all.Absolutely Absurd. 16:02  |  KATHY 24/11/08
      190.   #147 TOMY..It is all absurd. Afer all the negotiations nothing 16:27  |  KATHY 24/11/08
      191.   #135 strange..A Short Reply..You are absolutely Coerrect about 16:32  |  KATHY 24/11/08
      192.   #184 Say Akram, you sound desperate 19:40  |  ballistic 24/11/08
      193.   #189 Oh Kathy, calm down 19:45  |  ballistic 24/11/08
      194.   #67 El, Bush letter? 19:51  |  ballistic 24/11/08
      195.   #192-193..ballistic 20:32  |  Nemesis 24/11/08
      196.   To Johnboy And His "advice" Me thinks what you said IS 21:24  |  KATHY 24/11/08
      197.   #195 Nemesis 21:40  |  ballistic 24/11/08
      198.   #160 Taking Johnboy`s "advice" Right But it is a .... 21:48  |  KATHY 24/11/08
      199.   #198 Well, *duh*, KATHY is confused! 01:07  |  Johnboy 25/11/08
      200.   #199 Yes well, alrightee Johnboy 02:04  |  ballistic 25/11/08
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