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U.S. Secretary of State Clinton and Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem Saturday.
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In Jerusalem, Clinton hails 'unprecedented' Israeli settlement concessions
By Barak Ravid and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents and News Agencies
Tags: Israel news, Palestinians 

Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Saturday after arriving in Israel in the latest U.S. bid to renew peace talks in the region.

The Obama administration had previously demanded Israel halt all settlement building before negotiations could resume.

But speaking at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Clinton said there has never been such a precondition.
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"It has always been an issue with negotiations," she said. "What the Prime Minister has offered in specifics of a restraint on the policy of settlements which he has just described - no new starts for example, is unprecedented in the context of prior to negotiations."

"It's also the fact that for forty years, Presidents of both parties have questioned the legitimacy of settlements, but I think that where we are right now is to try to get into the negotiations. The Prime Minister will be able to present his government's proposal about what they are doing regarding settlements which I think when fully explained will be seen as being not only unprecedented in response to many of the concerns that have been expressed," Clinton went on to say.

The American secretary of state also urged Israel and the Palestinians to immediately renew stalled peace talks.

"I want to see both sides as soon as possible begin in negotiations," she said. "Both president Obama and I are committed to a comprehensive peace agreement."

Netanyahu, for his part, said that Israel while was willing to enter into peace talks without preconditions, the other side was not.

"We think we should sit around that negotiating table right away," he said.

He repeated the concessions he is willing to make: Israel will build no new settlement communities, expropriate no land for existing ones and limit the number of permits for new housing construction.

Netanyahu said Israel was ready to start talks right away and that the Palestinians could bring their objections about settlements to the negotiating table.

"What we should do on the path to peace is get on it and get with it," he said.

The prime minister also blasted the Palestinian demand for a settlement freeze.

"But this is a new demand, it's a change of policy - of the Palestinian policy and it doesn't do much for peace - it doesn't work to advance negotiations," Netanyahu said. "It actually is used as a pretext or at least as something, as an obstacle that prevents the re-establishment of negotiations."

Clinton and Netanyahu met a few hours after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected a U.S. proposal for the renewal of peace talks. During the press conference, the secretary of state said the talks with Abbas were "very useful."

At the press conference, Clinton also touched on negotiations between Iran and world powers over the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions, a significant cause of concern in Israel.

She said Iran should accept a deal that the powers have offered it on reprocessing enriched uranium, because Washington and its allies had limited patience.

"We are willing to work toward creative outcomes, like shipping out the low-enriched uranium to be reprocessed outside of Iran, but we are not going to wait forever," she said.

"Patience does have finally its limits and it is time for Iran to fulfill its obligations and responsibilities to the international community and accepting this deal would be a good beginning."

The top U.S. diplomat arrived in Israel on Saturday evening; she subsequently met in Jerusalem with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

Lieberman told Clinton that the Palestinian demand for a complete halt to West Bank settlement building was aimed at scuppering the peace process. He said the Palestinians had never demanded this as a precondition to peace talks before.

The foreign minister added that he had Netanyahu not to enter into negotiations with the Palestinians as long as they were promoting a damning United Nations report on Israel's winter offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

Palestinians rebuff U.S. bid to relaunch peace talks

Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, said earlier that Clinton proposed a formula for renewing the talks during a meeting with Abbas earlier in the day in Abu Dhabi.

The proposal was for final-status talks to be relaunched on the basis of understandings over West Bank settlement construction reached between U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy, George Mitchell, and the Israeli government, according to Erakat.

At a news conference after the Abu Dhabi meeting, Abbas said he told Clinton there would be no new negotiations unless Israel froze settlement building, Israel Radio reported.

He added that Israel was crossing red lines in its recent suppression of disturbances on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, according to the report.

Ahead of the meeting, Erakat said that settlement building, which the Palestinians want Israel to halt completely, was the key to renewing peace negotiations, and that there were still differences between the two sides.

Over the course of the summer, Obama had hoped for a fast track to renewed peace negotiations. But Clinton reported to him on Oct. 22 that neither side had taken sufficient steps toward resuming the dialogue.

Clinton arrived in Abu Dhabi early Saturday after a three-day visit to Pakistan.

Obama held a joint meeting with Netanyahu and Abbas in New York in September, hoping it would persuade them to return to negotiations that had broken off more than a year ago.

In her report to the president in October, Clinton indicated that the Palestinians had strengthened security efforts and reforms of government institutions, but needed to do more to prevent terrorism and stop those who carry out or encourage attacks on Israel.

She has indicated that Israelis have eased Palestinians' freedom of movement and expressed a willingness to curtail the building of settlements in the Palestinian areas. The Obama administration, however, is demanding an end to all new settlement construction, which the Israelis have refused.



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      1.   This seems like a conversation between totally deaf prople 16:35  |  Esther 31/10/09
      2.   settlements 16:48  |  Dr Nina Zeldis 31/10/09
      3.   The rope keeps getting paid out, and out, and out.... 17:05  |  BBSNews 31/10/09
      4.   abbas should talk about all 48% UN partition 17:11  |  a freeze on zionist 31/10/09
      5.   To Number 2, Stealing land in Most Parts of the World is a Crime 17:12  |  Abe 31/10/09
      6.   Like taking a car thief to court... 17:12  |  BBSNews 31/10/09
      7.   BBS Olds - "The Yank is coming!" 17:13  |  Yonatan 31/10/09
      8.   Abbas knows from experience 17:14  |  Mark Lincoln 31/10/09
      9.   Oh well, another 42 years 17:20  |  Yonatan 31/10/09
      10.   What should the Palestinians expect 17:21  |  Axel 31/10/09
      11.   Abbas is quite right 17:28  |  r cummings 31/10/09
      12.   Dr, #2 17:31  |  Esther 31/10/09
      13.   Abe: Israel`s neighbors are "preoccupied" with violence 17:35  |  Avi 31/10/09
      14.   sheer diplomatic incompetence 17:36  |  Peter 31/10/09
      15.   No 17:36  |  Ishmael 31/10/09
      16.   ? 17:39  |  Peter 31/10/09
      17.   The emphasis needs to change 17:41  |  julie 31/10/09
      18.   What Abe forgot 17:47  |  SDHD 31/10/09
      19.   Land Grab and Occupation 17:51  |  fredyr 31/10/09
      20.   B.S.News...Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. 18:05  |  flyingdoc57 31/10/09
      21.   We are number four. 18:09  |  Fahmi Natour 31/10/09
      22.   Abu Dhabi 18:11  |  Michael 31/10/09
      23.   Israel dictates the pace of peace negotiations 18:14  |  Natallie Durson 31/10/09
      24.   Peace talks are just talks. 18:14  |  Stephen. 31/10/09
      25.   More Insanity 18:17  |  MIKE 31/10/09
      26.   Another year wasted by the Palestinians 18:22  |  Gina 31/10/09
      27.   The "Road Map" 18:24  |  Roger Bannister 31/10/09
      28.   No Future for Palestine Under Obama and Netanyahu 18:49  |  Vladek 31/10/09
      29.   Mike revising reality 18:55  |  SDHD 31/10/09
      30.   Gina 13 18:55  |  ali 31/10/09
      31.   Shame! Mr. Obama & Ms. Clinton always ask Palestinians to give in 18:59  |  Rachel Rabin 31/10/09
      32.   A quotation from Chairman Ike 19:00  |  Mark Lincoln 31/10/09
      33.   The Palestinians should declare their state within `67 borders.. 19:00  |  Lou Medel 31/10/09
      34.   the bottom line is Palestinians prefer the status quo, 19:04  |  peace monger 31/10/09
      35.   Vladek - cuckoo 19:06  |  SDHD 31/10/09
      36.   I dunno, Natallie#10, you may have been too blatant... 19:06  |  Esther 31/10/09
      37.   BSNews, yanking his rope on the boards 19:08  |  SDHD 31/10/09
      38.   abbas should give a dvd present to obama with his cairo speech 19:09  |  sabera 31/10/09
      39.   sdhd (#26) - what planet are you from, or what cave you live in?? 19:12  |  sabera 31/10/09
      40.   Again missing an opportunity for peace 19:14  |  Mark Jeffery Koch 31/10/09
      41.   Intifada III: The Children of Oslo 19:18  |  Rachel Rabin 31/10/09
      42.   shame, shame, shame on you obama! 19:19  |  world citizen 31/10/09
      43.   Curious to know 19:19  |  Heinz 31/10/09
      44.   You alienated a moderate Palestinian! 19:20  |  Ramzi Jaber 31/10/09
      45.   rebuff 19:21  |  doctor 31/10/09
      46.   abbas should give a dvd present to obama with his cairo speech 19:28  |  sabera 31/10/09
      47.   too many lunatics here who blame the victim. just incredible. 19:29  |  sabera 31/10/09
      48.   Hooray, the pals shoot themselves in the foot again, thank you!!! 19:32  |  Petra 31/10/09
      49.   SDHD AMEN, AMEN AND ONE MORE AMEN!! 19:36  |  Petra 31/10/09
      50.   abbas should give a dvd present to obama with his cairo speech 19:37  |  sabera 31/10/09
      51.   Abbas couldn`t get laid in a women`s prison w` a handful of 19:38  |  Petra 31/10/09
      52.   Abbas should have done this YEARS AGO 19:51  |  Adam 31/10/09
      53.   If I were a Palestinian 19:58  |  Peter 31/10/09
      54.   too many lunatics here who blame the victim. just incredible. 20:01  |  sabera 31/10/09
      55.   Leftie Esther ,leave settlement of TA ,show pals you really care 20:01  |  Absolute Sweden 31/10/09
      56.   shame, shame, shame on you obama! 20:02  |  world citizen 31/10/09
      57.   You alienated a moderate Palestinian! 20:04  |  Ramzi Jaber 31/10/09
      58.   Time to end US aid 20:16  |  Will 31/10/09
      59.   Finally Abbas is showing some Cajones 20:37  |  stella westwell 31/10/09
      60.   You alienated a moderate Palestinian! 20:38  |  Ramzi Jaber 31/10/09
      61.   You alienated a moderate Palestinian! 20:39  |  Ramzi Jaber 31/10/09
      62.   Listem to the music 20:41  |  Bazmann 31/10/09
      63.   Beautiful. Tthe Arabs are at their best.. They really do not 20:46  |  17 31/10/09
      64.   Abe, never their land to begin with , never was 20:51  |  jj 31/10/09
      65.   The EU must raise its game 21:09  |  Keith T. 31/10/09
      66.   Dr. Nina BS 21:12  |  Al 31/10/09
      67.   شششششششش 21:15  |  Zainab Shehab 31/10/09
      68.   jj, the state of Israel was created in 1948, not before. 21:26  |  BBSNews 31/10/09
      69.   Ramzi Jaber is correct 21:51  |  stella westwell 31/10/09
      70.   I do understand Abbas on that one. 22:02  |  Fortuna Benmayor 31/10/09
      71.   Settlements 22:04  |  Robert Levin 31/10/09
      72.   Al to Nina, so much bull 22:05  |  SDHD 31/10/09
      73.   # 2 time to put your argument to the test! 22:27  |  David 31/10/09
      74.   Al needs to learn history 22:30  |  Jackie 31/10/09
      75.   Obama`s Team will not Give Up 22:54  |  Stephen 31/10/09
      76.   Sorry, but don`t see anything "unprecedented" here... 23:00  |  Esther 31/10/09
      77.   Bravo, Dr Nina Zeldis 23:04  |  Akram Zekaria 31/10/09
      78.   advice 23:05  |  sam 31/10/09
      79.   #28 23:12  |  Harold 31/10/09
      80.   To all the Israel bashers 23:14  |  Josh 31/10/09
      81.   "AIPAC-Hillary" strikes again...... 23:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 31/10/09
      82.   To Ramzi Jaber #44 -- Is that a threat? 23:16  |  Josh 31/10/09
      83.   abe/40 years of occupation. 23:25  |  james 31/10/09
      84.   Clinton hails Emperor Netanyahu`s new clothes... 23:27  |  Esther 31/10/09
      85.   Preliminaries are over 23:30  |  Jochai Rubinstein 31/10/09
      86.   could be the most ridiculous... 23:37  |  edgar 31/10/09
      87.   Netanyahu folds like an old umbrella ,the concessions will be swa 23:49  |  Absolute Sweden 31/10/09
      88.   Peace will come when... 23:51  |  Murat 31/10/09
      89.   It makes me sick 00:02  |  spokanite 01/11/09
      90.   Abbas is an old tired man who cannot afford to take risks 00:08  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 01/11/09
      91.   US backs down on settlements, Palestinians expected to pay price 00:10  |  Adam 01/11/09
      92.   Can blinkered Clinton explain... 00:11  |  Maureen Ann 01/11/09
      93.   Neither Abbas nor Hanyeh 00:14  |  robert 01/11/09
      94.   #34 Mark Jeffery Koch 00:17  |  BDS 01/11/09
      95.   Dr. Nina is delusional 00:24  |  bob 01/11/09
      96.   Land grabbing? 00:34  |  Wilhelm 01/11/09
      97.   Land grabbing? 00:35  |  Wilhelm 01/11/09
      98.   Sorry, it doesn`t fly 00:38  |  WHG 01/11/09
      99.   Why can`t Clinton talk straight? She`s a lawyer I guess. 00:44  |  Michael 01/11/09
      100.   Disgusting, lying Hillary and Obama? go home! 01:06  |  Ramzi Jaber 01/11/09
      101.   sdhd (#26) - what planet are you from, or what cave you live in?? 01:08  |  sabera 01/11/09
      102.   sdhd 01:08  |  John 01/11/09
      103.   More "balogna" from the people who don`t eat pork 01:14  |  Josh 01/11/09
      104.   Koch 01:15  |  John 01/11/09
      105.   Peace is dead. Israel is over. Extremist Jews and Moslems won. 01:15  |  Rachel Rabin 01/11/09
      106.   A TOURIST IN TEL AVIV 01:19  |  Marcos 01/11/09
      107.   Concessions? Settlements are ILLEGAL. 01:42  |  Rachel Rabin 01/11/09
      108.   "Unprecedented"?? How about "Unsufficient"! 01:46  |  Jimmy 01/11/09
      109.   Mr. Obama: ?settlements have to be stopped to move forward? 02:03  |  Rachel Rabin 01/11/09
      110.   P.P.S. What "concessions" is she talking about, exactly? 02:13  |  peacelover 01/11/09
      111.   Goodby Charlie 02:41  |  Bazmann 01/11/09
      112.   1948 02:41  |  Hector 01/11/09
      113.   Netanyahu Afraid of Religious Parties Toppling His Gov. 02:46  |  Monitor 01/11/09
      114.   why does clinton want to force a sovereign nation Israel to 02:54  |  Charles Harley 01/11/09
      115.   LMFAO,, we now have proof of the lies and deciept 02:57  |  VIPER 01/11/09
      116.   #1, ESTHER, i really really feel sorry for you 03:02  |  VIPER 01/11/09
      117.   #6, YONATON, no it`s the israelis 03:05  |  VIPER 01/11/09
      118.   Obama == BS 03:05  |  Jose 01/11/09
      119.   #35, RACHEL, i commend you 03:09  |  VIPER 01/11/09
      120.   # 25 03:11  |  anne 01/11/09
      121.   # 25 03:11  |  anne 01/11/09
      122.   Clinton...the potet! 03:18  |  Waleed Ghabeish 01/11/09
      123.   And black is white, and night is day 03:34  |  Johnboy 01/11/09
      124.   Concessions? Settlements are ILLEGAL. 03:35  |  Rachel Rabin 01/11/09
      125.   "unprecedented?, ?never been such a precondition?? astounding! 03:37  |  sabera 01/11/09
      126.   shame, shame, shame on you clinton and obama! 03:41  |  world citizen 01/11/09
      127.   Peace is dead. Israel is over. Extremist Jews and Moslems won. 03:42  |  Rachel Rabin 01/11/09
      128.   client-state controls master. truly amazing. 03:43  |  sabera 01/11/09
      129.   Never your land since the destruction of Jerusalem 03:52  |  John and the truth 01/11/09
      130.   I guess she had nothing to say, so she said it. 04:05  |  CJ 01/11/09
      131.   Peace Talks=NOT. Future=1 state 04:13  |  mike 01/11/09
      132.   i wonder who wrote THAT line for her...lol 04:23  |  eric 01/11/09
      133.   Mike`s Insanity 04:23  |  sfg 01/11/09
      134.   2-states=NOT 04:25  |  mike 01/11/09
      135.   SDHD Private land ownership is irrelevant to Sovereignty. 04:32  |  CJ 01/11/09
      136.   fredyr If you`re astounded by lies, stop telling them 04:44  |  CJ 01/11/09
      137.   nina zeldis 2 04:53  |  potobac 01/11/09
      138.   I take this you take that 04:56  |  mark 01/11/09
      139.   flyingdoc57 17 05:00  |  potobac 01/11/09
      140.   Say what? 05:00  |  Michael N 01/11/09
      141.   "unprecedented?, ?never been such a precondition?? astounding! 05:02  |  sabera 01/11/09
      142.   Peace is dead. Israel is over. Extremist Jews and Moslems won. 05:04  |  Rachel Rabin 01/11/09
      143.   Obama learns a lesson 05:04  |  Joe smith 01/11/09
      144.   Concessions? Settlements are ILLEGAL. 05:05  |  Rachel Rabin 01/11/09
      145.   Mr. Obama: ?settlements have to be stopped to move forward? 05:06  |  Rachel Rabin 01/11/09
      146.   Disgusting, lying Hillary and Obama? go home! 05:07  |  Ramzi Jaber 01/11/09
      147.   Why talk? Just for Israel to pretend? Fool the world? 05:08  |  Ramzi Jaber 01/11/09
      148.   sdhd 31 05:08  |  potobac 01/11/09
      149.   Hillary Clinton 05:10  |  john and the truth 01/11/09
      150.   Clinton`s capitulation is presented as an achievement 05:12  |  Secular 01/11/09
      151.   No Palestinian State 05:17  |  Dudi 01/11/09
      152.   JJ # 47 Has no clue 05:18  |  Al 01/11/09
      153.   A POLITE response to sfg #58 05:20  |  mike 01/11/09
      154.   What power does Israel hold over USA?? 05:39  |  mike 01/11/09
      155.   "unprecedented?, ?never been such a precondition?? astounding! 05:47  |  sabera 01/11/09
      156.   The "Unprecedented" hailed 05:49  |  John Swanston 01/11/09
      157.   Jews don`t predate Arabs #48 jj 05:50  |  Ron 01/11/09
      158.   Not Arab territory 06:03  |  lawyer 01/11/09
      159.   18 years of negotiation 06:19  |  Palestinian 01/11/09
      160.   shame 06:26  |  joe 01/11/09
      161.   If the Pals want a country they better start 06:38  |  Rea good advice 01/11/09
      162.   Anser for Mike (NJ) 06:40  |  Victor 01/11/09
      163.   Settlements in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the whole of Jerusalem... 07:37  |  B. Gold 01/11/09
      164.   To: Mike in NYC 08:03  |  No joke 01/11/09
      165.   both sides prefer the status quo to making real concessions 08:07  |  peace monger 01/11/09
      166.   Vladek rephrased 08:12  |  Looking otherwise 01/11/09
      167.   Ali 08:18  |  Alibaba 01/11/09
      168.   lawyer who`s definitely NOT a lawyer 08:19  |  CJ 01/11/09
      169.   #95 Yeah, the hypocrisy is astounding, Rachel Rabin 08:19  |  Johnboy 01/11/09
      170.   The art of B.S. diplomacy by Clinton 08:25  |  Steve the Pals. 01/11/09
      171.   Rea good advice The `Pals` have a country, it`s occupied, 08:27  |  CJ 01/11/09
      172.   Lou Medel 08:30  |  Lousy Medler 01/11/09
      173.   "No-new-starts" was previously considered basic, obvious... 08:38  |  Esther 01/11/09
      174.   Who says the Pals want a country? 08:56  |  Palestinian Brit 01/11/09
      175.   Not Arab territory. 09:00  |  Palestinian Brit 01/11/09
      176.   A Question of Time 09:02  |  Walid 01/11/09
      177.   A tragedy in the making... 09:10  |  S 01/11/09
      178.   once again . . . 09:13  |  Revoltop 01/11/09
      179.   Perturbedback - doesn`t know what he`s talking about 09:14  |  SDHD 01/11/09
      180.   Mike, maybe it`s called, "realism." 09:15  |  SDHD 01/11/09
      181.   BBS . Do you need some further explanation? 09:34  |  Arik 01/11/09
      182.   CJ rubbish. West Bank is a matter of debate. 09:48  |  arik 01/11/09
      183.   130 S - Exactly 09:53  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/11/09
      184.   Johnboy . Do you get it or need further explanation 09:56  |  arik 01/11/09
      185.   PAL BRIT Pals always wanted it all.87% of British Mandate 10:18  |  PETER SM 01/11/09
      186.   A betrayal of all peacemakers 11:12  |  sh 01/11/09
      187.   Mike 107 and Israeli influence in the US 12:30  |  r cummings 01/11/09
      188.   #140 That argument does run both ways, arik 12:56  |  Johnboy 01/11/09
      189.   construction in west bank 12:58  |  herman 01/11/09
      190.   CUMMINGS.Nonsense.Politician know what people want to hear. 13:45  |  PETER SM 01/11/09
      191.   Concessions, shmoncessions... 13:54  |  Gray 01/11/09
      192.   herman #181 TV snapshot didn`t explain why. 14:01  |  Roo 01/11/09
      193.   Settlement Concessions 16:25  |  Bernard Yablin(MD) 01/11/09
      194.   Israel wins all. Question:when does uprising begin? 17:40  |  Josh 01/11/09
      195.   so much screaming 17:53  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      196.   Rachel Rabin 17:58  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      197.   She got rolled 17:59  |  Gully Foyle 01/11/09
      198.   To no.1 and 6: Before 1967 "ocuppation" the 18:02  |  Rachel 01/11/09
      199.   #81, Dino 18:03  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      200.   Exactly Johnboy . That makes sense 18:03  |  arik 01/11/09
      201.   r cummings on revisionism 18:37  |  visionist 01/11/09
      202.   Durson for US President ! Now! 18:44  |  Israeli citizen 01/11/09
      203.   See how all those who praised Obama, Israeli-haters... 18:50  |  Israeli citizen 01/11/09
      204.   Talk is Cheap! Seeing Is Believing. Don`t Hold Your Breath Wait 19:15  |  Ed 01/11/09
      205.   Mark L. et al, whine, whine, whine. 20:40  |  leoblue 01/11/09
      206.   cummings and conspirIDIOCY theories 20:46  |  SDHD 01/11/09
      207.   Johnboy -- continues demonstrating the meaning of "obtuse." 20:48  |  SDHD 01/11/09
      208.   Çummings -- entirely clueless 20:51  |  SDHD 01/11/09
      209.   Well let`s see what Netanyahu has to offer? 21:23  |  Smadar 01/11/09
      210.   It`s unconscionable to be advocating from the side of an occupier 21:47  |  Dutch 01/11/09
      211.   Give me break, Hillary ! 21:56  |  David 01/11/09
      212.   #173 Esther Well for this gov`t, settlement concessions good 21:57  |  Smadar 01/11/09
      213.   " expropriate no land for existing ones..." 22:00  |  Amused 01/11/09
      214.   195 Smadar - Why would they Believe any Offer Made? 22:04  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/11/09
      215.   Thank you Netanyahu 22:30  |  Libertad 01/11/09
      216.   Pals accuse US of arresting peace...ha ha lovely 22:37  |  jj 01/11/09
      217.   200 JJ 23:31  |  Libertad 01/11/09
      218.   Settlements are illegal # 163 B. Gold, Tel Aviv 23:57  |  Ron 01/11/09
      219.   Ali 00:07  |  Gina 02/11/09
      220.   CUMMINS Who stopped Pals having their own state 65 years ago? 00:21  |  PETER SM 02/11/09
      221.   Tick,tock, tick, tock 00:21  |  leoblue 02/11/09
      222.   Dutch 196 00:41  |  Eaglebeak 02/11/09
      223.   Mrs.Clinton 00:43  |  Nezam el Jenini 02/11/09
      224.   Esther, Rachel 00:44  |  BDS 02/11/09
      225.   #198 We have seen how dismantling settlements in Gaza helped 01:04  |  Eve 02/11/09
      226.   `unprecedented` lowering of the bar.... 02:06  |  American 02/11/09
      227.   Palestinian State 05:06  |  sfg 02/11/09
      228.   r cummings 05:21  |  sfg 02/11/09
      229.   Intifada III won`t help 07:50  |  Lola 02/11/09
      230.   To those who dismissed #3 out of hand, did you also dismiss 08:01  |  Richard Pearce 02/11/09
      231.   CJ (#168) And who was that non State Palestine was Promised to 15:21  |  Gil 02/11/09
      232.   To #19 Finally some truth in the world of disinformation 21:11  |  Tyra 02/11/09
      233.   The actual British Mandate #227 Gil and #168 CJ 06:01  |  Ron 03/11/09
      234.   RON (#228) 09:10  |  Gil 04/11/09
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