Obama tells U.N. only talks will create Palestinian state

September 21, 2011 ⋅ 5:14 pm ⋅ Post a comment

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U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations on Wednesday that the Palestinians deserved a state of their own, but that this would only be achieved through talks with Israel.

“I am convinced that there is no short cut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. Peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the U.N.,” Obama said in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

“Ultimately, it is Israelis and Palestinians — not us — who must reach agreement on the issues that divide them: on borders and security; on refugees and Jerusalem,” the text of his speech said.
Reuters

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29 comments for “Obama tells U.N. only talks will create Palestinian state”

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Anonymous

a democratic palestinian states living side by side with israel ; it will be in the best interrest of israel for many reasons ,most axis of evil iran syria hezbollah , do exist and gain strenth and support from muslim world , because palestinians cause ;but when that issue is resolved ,those regemes loose most of there support and the muslim world turn against them causing them to collapse;
resolving palestinian cause will strenghthen democratic groups in the middleast, and will deal a blow to iran , causing a dictatorship to collapse and victory for democracy; accepting a palestinian state will be a big gain for israel and the palestinians as well,and a big loss for axis of evil iran,syria ,and ha .
Anonymous

Whether the citizens of the USA are ready to admit it or not … the USA is a client state of Israel, controlled by it’s congress which is controlled by Israeli-leaning politicians. Witness the Governor of Texas … becomes ‘shrill’ when control of Israel-related policy is mentioned. As if someone were squeezing his scrotum(and someone from the ‘Israel Lobby’ probably is.) Would you want this man as president over you?? Why is America ‘burning off’ it’s young men in the middle east fighting Israel’s ‘wars’ for it? Where are the Israeli soldiers??
Anonymous

Whether the citizens of the USA are ready to admit it or not … the USA is a client state of Israel, controlled by it’s congress which is controlled by Israeli-leaning politicians. Witness the Governor of Texas … becomes ‘shrill’ when control of Israel-related policy is mentioned. As if someone were squeezing his scrotum(and someone from the ‘Israel Lobby’ probably is.) Would you want this man as president over you?? Why is America ‘burning off’ it’s young men in the middle east fighting Israel’s ‘wars’ for it? Where are the Israeli soldiers??
Anonymous

Mr. Obama, they’ve been talking for 20 years. Why don’t you get off the pot and do something about it.

Anonymous

ya libnan1 one don’t forget that Hamas is not all excited about the idea of Palestinians states. They already said so and they do not recognize Israel. So even if the UN approved the resolution for a palestinians state Hamas is the strong force and without their approval, nothing can be done anyway. Until the palestinians get their shit together and stop attacking israelis, then and only then the world will see their true side. As much as I want the Palestinians out of Lebanon they need to coexist peacefully together otherwise Israel will always use it against them plain and simple. And when you have countries like Iran and groups like Hezbollah arming them so they wipe Israel, then do you really expect the Israelis to allow them to build a country? does Syria allow Lebanon to be a country? does Iran allow Lebanon to be a country other than these jackaesses want us to be part of their territories.. fix your house first before you serious about becoming a true country.

Anonymous

One can only hope that the US will finally recognize the fact that the world does not revolve around them. The palestinian people need to take matters into their own hands amd take the process out of “talks” that have gone nowhere and instead force the issue before the international community whose majority supports statehood. Israel is not a trustworthy partner and needs a serious jolt to get back to the negotiating table on equal terms with the palestinians as opposed to dictating them. The US has done nothing to push israel to back down and since a presidential election year is coming up, they wont do much either.

Anonymous

Besides buying the oil and filling eastern coffers, the USA is realizing it can’t FUND all the people all the time … especially after they sent all the jobs to China … so maybe more people should be chipping in for funding change … for a change … like the Arabs?

PROPHET.T

WHY AM I BEING CENSORED?Two important comments have yet to appear?

Anonymous

I notice the ‘lag’ sometimes myself … probably the site trying to find disc-space to hold it all.

PROPHET.T

5th,Some of my most important comments are being moderated, but they never get published.it’s happening more often lately.
Anonymous

Hi Guys .. hmm … maybe I should compose something really ‘strange’ … but I thought I already had a couple of times.
But 20 not posted?? THAT’s definitely weird. Maybe Hezzy’s wormed their way in here …
On the other hand … if you’re in the USA …. I can understand the censoring. Hahaaaa
Anonymous

You seem to find the funny side of every subject keep it up, need a laugh and a scotch. good day 5th.
I have had over 20 comments not posted in the last three weeks alone.
Anonymous

I’m guessing some of the delays are because the moderator hasn’t been able to pick himself up off the floor he’s laughing so hard!

http://yalibnan.com geo metro

PROPHET,
IT HAPPENED TO ME TWICE AND I WAS CONVINCED BECAUSE SOMEHOW THEY KNEW THAT I AM BLACK, ARE YOU AFRICAN AMERICAN TOO BY ANY CHANCE?….RACIST BASTARDS LOL

Anonymous

Hehehe … That sounds like American Paranoia to me Geo Let’s do the scotch …
PROPHET.T

Wellllllll………. Only if having a third leg qualifies me to be one.lol jk
http://yalibnan.com geo metro

lol, no wonder you are being censored…tripod
http://yalibnan.com geo metro

lol, no wonder you are being censored…tripod

PROPHET.T

yalibnan,
Kindly and respectfully, Would you please explain to me why my two comments on the Obama stories have not been published? I feel that the readers of this blog are entitled to read them, and I HATE to believe that I’m being censored just because I was FIRST; critical of the man I strongly believed in, and did my part to help him get elected, and SECOND ;critical of Israel and its racist and arrogant policies.
If I Yalibnan does not offer an explanation, then my suspicious feeling of censorship becomes a reality, and I would never post any comment on this site anymore. If my comments are no longer welcome on this site, PLEASE, have the courage to tell me so.
Your site cannot support freedom of expression and democracy in Syria , Libya and Egypt…ect, and yet practice censorship on its loyal reader who also enjoy exchanging their views on you blog.
Thank you very much.

Anonymous

I assume you have these things in a text file. Can’t you just ‘copy&paste’ and repost??

PROPHET.T

5th,
No, I usually type in comment box and post. Using chrome gives you instant spell check,so there is no need for word.
Anonymous

Ahh .. ok Prophet … I usually go the other way… If I think I have written something in a moment of inspiration (reactionary?) or of any redeeming significance (hehe .. impressed myself with momentary brilliance, that is) then I copy it and paste into a file – kept open and handy for the Net’s ‘just in case moments’.
I always suspect the ‘net’ before people … and it could be a problem between the various softwares trying to translate into formats.
In Most cases of sending files anywhere, although it is not taught that way any more it seems, it is the duty of the sender to make sure a file format can be read by the receiver.
Yah .. I know … old school …..
PROPHET.T

I never stop learning.lol . when I use internet explorer, I usually save most comments which needed some brain scratching.My DISQUS profile saves all published comments and it had proved reliable.
As I explained to geo, It can’t be based on racism,or on being a tripod.lol
PROPHET.T

I never stop learning.lol . when I use internet explorer, I usually save most comments which needed some brain scratching.My DISQUS profile saves all published comments and it had proved reliable.
As I explained to geo, It can’t be based on racism,or on being a tripod.lol

Anonymous

Add this to your main var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker();pageTracker._initData();pageTracker._trackPageview();

PROPHET.T

I have sent an email to yalibnan editors regarding the fact that comments have been removed,and that I think it is a practice of censorship. I urge all of those who have experienced similar experiences to directly email the editor as well.
We all must stand united against censorship. We can’t be critical of totalitarian regimes,and at the same time tolerate censorship here at a Lebanese site.

Anonymous

But … doesn’t it run out of the USA ? You think something can run this well out of Lebanon ??

PROPHET.T

5th,Not sure where this site is being operated from, I assumed that it was run out of Lebanon.However, You made me think that there might be a conspiracy against me now,lol
Anonymous

I only worry I scared off most of the people opening their minds here … hahahhaa

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