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Abbas: Israel Using Talks to Expand ‘Settlements’
INN ^ | 1/17/2014, 9:53 PM | Elad Benari

Posted on 01/17/2014 5:57:00 PM PST by Olog-hai

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned on Friday against Israel using peace talks as a “cover” to “expand settlements” in Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem, AFP reported.

Abbas was speaking in Morocco at a meeting of the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. The meeting comes days after Israel announced tenders for construction of more than 1,800 new homes in regions which the PA claims for a future state.

The U.S.-brokered peace talks must “not serve as a cover for the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories,” said Abbas, according to AFP.

“There can be no peace without stability, nor agreement without occupied east Jerusalem being recognized as the capital of the Palestinian state,” he declared. …

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abbas; palestinians; rop; settlements
The only “occupied ‘Palestinian’ territories” are those occupied by the PLO and Hamas.
1 posted on 01/17/2014 5:57:00 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
And Iran is using talks to complete their nuclear weapons program.
2 posted on 01/17/2014 6:10:33 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Not “and” (since Abbas is full of camel), but Iran certainly is doing that.


3 posted on 01/17/2014 6:11:36 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The only peace in the middle east is the peace within Israel’s well-guarded borders.

If you want more peace, you’ll want Israel to expand its reach.


4 posted on 01/17/2014 6:12:49 PM PST by marron
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To: Olog-hai

Exactly correct. And it’s long past time for Mossad to deliver this murderous thief to his 72 waiting Virgins. May they all be as beautiful as hillarypelosi or a camel.


5 posted on 01/17/2014 6:17:23 PM PST by faithhopecharity (C)
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