Sunday, November 01, 2009

Palestinians kick sand at Hillary Clinton


Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, appears to be dancing with Hillary Clinton at a press conference this weekend

Clinton Asks Abbas to Return to Talks -Mark Landler & Ethan Bronner

Dealing a blow to the Obama administration’s efforts to restart Middle East peace talks, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton failed to persuade the Palestinian leader [Abbas] to accept an Israeli proposal that would slow but not stop the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
[New York Times]


Clinton: Israel's "Unprecedented" Concessions -Karen DeYoung & Howard Schneider

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had offered "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction in an effort to restart peace talks, a departure from the administration's earlier criticism of Israel and a possible signal of impatience with the refusal of Palestinian leaders to join negotiations.
(Washington Post)


UPDATE:

PA Accuses Clinton of Taking Bribes -Itamar Marcus & Barbara Crook

The official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, which is controlled by the office of Mahmoud Abbas, accused Secretary of State Clinton of taking bribes from Israel.

"Why, Mrs. Hillary? How much did the Zionists pay you as a bribe?" taunted an article. Al-Hayat Al-Jadida also ran a cartoon reiterating the Palestinian claim that the U.S. is controlled by Jews.
(Palestinian Media Watch)

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2 comments:

LHwrites said...

Another example that there will be no peace until the Palestinians really want it. I can understand the position that all settlements must stop---but as a condition, perhaps, of a final peace agreement. Ms. Clinton is right that Israel made enough large concessions to reasonable restart negotiations.

Bruce said...

My opinion is that the Palestinians do not really want a state...they want Israel...gone.