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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:17 am
 


Curtman Curtman:
Settlements must stop. The 1967 border is recognized by Canada officially. It's not asking too much to ask clarification on that from our Prime Minister, but he won't answer the question here or there.

Well maybe it would be a helluva lot easier to answer if the outright military aggression against Israel had ENDED in 1967. There wasn't much recognition of nor respect for that border when it came to the surrounding countries but oh boy, Canada better damn well recognize it. :roll:





PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:50 pm
 


PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Curtman Curtman:
Settlements must stop. The 1967 border is recognized by Canada officially. It's not asking too much to ask clarification on that from our Prime Minister, but he won't answer the question here or there.

Well maybe it would be a helluva lot easier to answer if the outright military aggression against Israel had ENDED in 1967. There wasn't much recognition of nor respect for that border when it came to the surrounding countries but oh boy, Canada better damn well recognize it. :roll:


You don't think we should? My prime minister keeps spouting off about his allegiance to Israel and how they are the perfect example of a democracy. We should stay out of it at the very least until one side or the other decides to stop violating international law. Until then its a regional dispute that shouldn't play any part in the politics of Canada aside from whatever aid packages we send along with our neighbours.





PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:59 am
 


German FM calls on Israel to make tough decisions
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Germany’s foreign minister says his country vigorously supports U.S.-mediated peace talks and encourages Israel to take the “difficult but necessary decisions” to make them succeed.

A day before German chancellor Angela Merkel and nearly her entire Cabinet arrive in Israel for a two-day visit, Frank-Walter Steinmeier published an op-ed in the Yediot Ahronot daily newspaper Sunday in which he vowed that Israel would not “stand alone.”

Germany is Israel’s closest European ally and the two governments hold a joint Cabinet session each year.

But tensions have arisen of late over Israel’s West Bank settlement policies.

In her weekly video message, Merkel made clear over the weekend that she will be pressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the peace talks. Her government has been outspoken in its criticism of the settlements.


Looks like friends don't necessarily need to be lap-dogs.





PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:10 am
 


http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014 ... 39000.html
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The federal government forked out at least $239,000 for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Middle East trip with a delegation of more than 200 people
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The bulk of the expense — $118,771 — went to accommodation. Another $93,985 was spent on travel and transportation;


redhatmamma redhatmamma:
He's actually only footing the bill for the official delegation, the rest pay for themselves.



What happened there?


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Well, he can have 2000 people tagging along, why care? It doesn't really matter.

The actual results of the trip matter.





PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:44 am
 


Israel risking international sanctions over settlements – Obama
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Ahead of talks between Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Monday, the president warned that the US may not be able to protect Israel if a two-state solution with the Palestinians fails.

Following nine months of failed efforts to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians, Obama warned in an interview with Bloomberg that Israel risked international sanctions.

Obama said in an interview with Bloomberg that if Netanyahu “does not believe that a peace deal with the Palestinians is the right thing to do for Israel, then he needs to articulate an alternative approach. There comes a point where you can’t manage this anymore, and then you start having to make very difficult choices.”

On his part, however, Netanyahu has vowed to hold steady in the face of heavy international pressure for a settlement with the Palestinians, who won de facto recognition in the 193-nation UN General Assembly in November 2012.

"In recent years, the state of Israel has been under various pressures," Netanyahu said, AP reported. "We have rejected them in the face of the unprecedented storm and unrest in the region and are maintaining stability and rsecurity. This is what has been and what will be."

There are an estimated 4.3 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza with aspirations to achieve a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital – just one of many sticking points in the process.

Obama, however, is of the opinion that Netanyahu could guide the Israeli state toward peace if he chose to do so.

“If not now, when? And if not you, Mr. Prime Minister, then who?” Obama asked.

The president went on to condemn Israel’s “aggressive settlement construction,” which he warned would have dangerous consequences if it continued.

“If Palestinians come to believe that the possibility of a contiguous sovereign Palestinian state is no longer within reach, then our ability to manage the international fallout is going to be limited,” Obama said.

“Is that the character of Israel as a state for a long period of time? Do you perpetuate, over the course of a decade or two decades, more and more restrictive policies in terms of Palestinian movement? Do you place restrictions on Arab Israelis in ways that run counter to Israel’s traditions?” he asked.

Obama then defended the character of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who he said “has proven himself to be somebody who has been committed to nonviolence and diplomatic efforts to resolve” the standoff.

“We do not know what a successor to Abbas will look like,” Obama said.

”For us not to seize that opportunity would be a mistake.”

Netanyahu left for Washington on Sunday for talks about the US-led peace process and nuclear negotiations between world powers and Iran.

“Obama will press him to agree to a framework for a conclusive round of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations that is being drafted by Secretary of State John Kerry,” The New York Times quoted senior US officials as saying last week.

Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, which began last July in the hope of reaching a deal within nine months, have failed to make a breakthrough.

A draft peace proposal is likely to be presented to Netanyahu this week and to Abbas on March 17 when he, in turn, meets Obama in Washington.


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