Posted on 01/25/2018 2:46:22 PM PST by Eleutheria5
The Palestinians rejected US President Donald Trump’s fresh threat to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in aid on Thursday, saying peace talks are “off the table” if the American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital isn’t reversed.
Ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos, Trump said the US would no longer provide aid to the Palestinians if they refused to engage in US-brokered peace talks with Israel. He also said he’d taken Jerusalem “off the table” with his December 6 recognition of the city as Israel’s capital — a move that led the Palestinians to freeze ties with the US.
Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said in response that the president’s latest remarks showed “the US has disqualified itself from playing a role in achieving peace” and that his Jerusalem decision was a “wake-up call” to Arab leaders.
“Jerusalem is not off the negotiations table, rather the US is outside the international consensus. Those who say that Jerusalem is off the table are saying that peace is off the table,” said Erekat. “There will be no peace without East Jerusalem being the sovereign capital of the State of Palestine.”
Erekat accused Trump of “blackmailing and punishing the Palestinian people for fighting and believing in their freedom and human rights per international law and UN resolutions.” He added that the US president “could buy many things with his money, but he won’t be able to buy the dignity of our nation.
“This is not a game for the people of Palestine. It is about our very existence that continues to be denied by Israel with full US support,” he said, adding that the Palestinians would continue to pursue statehood while Trump fuels “international anarchy.”
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I’m with you!
Now, there’s a sh3th0le country.
Good! We have better uses for the money.
Like building a wall!!!
Wrong. They are not a country. Just sayin’.
too late
LMAO
Peace was never on the table with you morons anyway. Go pound salt.
Oh. I'm so scared!
Actually, President Trump should use this as justification for withdrawing all aid of any sort to these scum. And he should tell them that the two state solution is already in place. It's called Israel and Jordan and the capital of Israel is Jerusalem.
Finally, President Trump should tell these scum of the Arab world pretending to be fictional "Palestinians" that play time is over. Either they stop their terrorism or be annihilated!
Too bad "should" figures into this.
We’ve all said how effing STUPID the Pali’s are.
Nothing like proving it beyond any doubt for the rest of the world to see!
BTW - thanks Lurch, you finally accomplished something positive as a diplomat!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
They don’t know the word, peace.
Israel’s table: “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.”
“saying peace talks are “off the table” if the American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital isn’t reversed.”
Yeah? Off the table? Just like our money will be sport. They’ve never negotiated with a NYC real estate magnate I see.
Yes, that’s exactly what Kerry told them to do. He said he didn’t think Trump would be president for very long and that anyway, he, Kerry, would probably be president in 2020. So basically the Palestinians are free to say any old thing they want to Trump and totally ignore him because, well, he’s technically the President but what he says really doesn’t matter and anyway his 2020 replacement, standing there in the flesh, has a different idea.
Somebody tell me why this doesn’t constitute a violation of the Logan act, or at least some kind of unconstitutional interference in foreign affairs.
Drop dead, jackasses.
What peace? Peace = we need time to reload in Muslim speak.
When your opponent is digging a hole for himself with a huge excavator, never make him turn it off. Kerry did both the US and Israel a huge favor while stoking his ego.
The irony of this whole thing is delicious.
Was peace ever on the table?
Peace has never been ON the table for these Islamic scum.
We wouldn’t be any closer to a peaceful solution that “Palestinians’ would embrace whether Trump had made the decision or not.
Take this sorry lot of Husseinis and turn them over to the Khalidis and walk on.
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