Posted on 01/25/2018 2:46:22 PM PST by Eleutheria5
The Palestinians rejected US President Donald Trumps 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 Israels capital isnt 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 hed taken Jerusalem off the table with his December 6 recognition of the city as Israels capital a move that led the Palestinians to freeze ties with the US.
Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said in response that the presidents 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 wont 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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Peace was never on the table! Get over yourselves Islamist terrorists! Move to Syria!
Lessee, the Oslo accords were signed in 1993, 25 years ago. Yep, peace was just around the corner when Trump announced the embassy move. You betcha.
Great, that was easy. Our President Trump sure knows motivate enemies to depart in a huff. These low-wattage 'Palis' are proving to be brighter bulbs than the ones in DC.
Screw them sideways.
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Peace, which consists of stabbing attacks, car attacks and rocket attacks. Damn. If peace is off, what's next, cooperation. Economic opportunity for palestinians, Israelis being among the few willing to invest there. Doubt that's what they mean. Good thing Israel has a wall and a potent military and security force. The palestinians have Obama, who won't open his mouth, and John the Kerry, who will. Good luck with that.
Well, according to President Trump, US money is now off the table too.
Peace was never the muslim’s goal, only destruction of all Jews.
Sounds like a prominent leftist U.S. politician has been giving them really bad advice.
Netanyahu to Palestinians:
“Have it your way, ragheads.
‘The bombing begins in 15 minutes’”
Well, I hope he falls into the hole - Dems always seem to be wafted over the holes they have dug, mostly by a compliant press.
I think if they really tried they could take all the palestinians off the table in about 6 months
Palescumians: eternal first drafts for human beings. Go drop dead and feed the jackals, you subhuman waste.
ROTFL!
There. Now the headline is accurate.
Clarification: peace?
Trump is anti-Jew? No, Kerry is anti-Jew.
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