By: F E Smith
Scott, so does the timeline run from before the implementation of the State of Israel, or before the Ottoman Empire, which, although not a nation state, was most definitely a state. And, if you take it...
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Reid, one has to wonder if Obama in his offer to mediate peace talks next year if the Palestinians withdrew their membership bid was anything more than Netanyahu’s hand puppet. No that was AIPAC’s...
View ArticleBy: TimG_Oz
I can’t wait for the vote on Kurdistan as an member nation with Observer status. Turkey will love that. Tibet would also be a good one. Personally I think that the Palestinian recognition is a good...
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I can’t wait for the vote on Kurdistan as an member nation with Observer status. Turkey will love that. So would Iraq Tim, after all, that’s always been the plan. Divide Iraq into Sunni, Shi’ite and...
View ArticleBy: Luc Hansen
The only internationally recognised Indigenous people (by the UN) of Israel are the Bedouin. One must beware of any so-called ‘facts’ trotted out by Tim_Oz, because, in fact, Any United Nations-system...
View ArticleBy: SPC
Tim G I would suspect that two states could agree on that little matter of free movement of labour and residence across the border – thus Palestine once established and at peace with the state of...
View ArticleBy: SPC
Reid, not that many people in Congress could tell the difference betweeen a Shia and Sunni Moslem back then and then some of those that could still did not know that Iraq was once ruled as 3 areas by...
View ArticleBy: Scott
Just remind me what is the difference between the National government and the far left? Gay marriage, anti smacking, and now a Palestinian state! Like when will this conservative centre right...
View ArticleBy: Reid
<i>However I doubt the plan was to take Kurdistan out of Iraq</i> Yes I'm not sure it will happen either SPC but wait and see if those events do come to pass. One thing I keep saying is...
View ArticleBy: SPC
Reid, my support is for two states living in peace – I don’t have much problem with 67 borders or the two sharing Jerusalem. (though there are ways to keep the city united while doing this)....
View ArticleBy: Reid
I don’t have much problem with 67 borders or the two sharing Jerusalem. No SPC neither do I and I regret there are many who don’t and won’t ever, accept that. I’ve always been a two-stater. One side...
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Reid, on Jerusalem I would recommend they consider recognising their equal claim to Jerusalem by accepting all of it is part of both Israel and Palestine. Then talking about arrangements for Jerusalem...
View ArticleBy: Reid
It’s the Temple Mount that’s the only Holy site at issue here I reckon. I’m not sure what the detailed issues are that surround it but that seems to be the crucible. Do you know what the deal is with...
View ArticleBy: cha
The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Caspian" rel="nofollow">Caspian Rport</a> looks at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6IiSUxpgw" rel="nofollow">Origins of Israel...
View ArticleBy: SPC
Reid, I’m not sure whether the various (international/religious) parties with a stake know what the deal is with the Mount let alone how they can resolve the matter. Who speaks for the Jews, local...
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This is current and provides one perspective – related to a 2000 agreement between the Vatican and the PLO. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/vatican-palestinian-state_n_2215307.html
View ArticleBy: Fletch
1. How can a place with no elected officials be considered a state? Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, last won an election in 2005. His term ended in 2009. The Palestinian...
View ArticleBy: Twinkletoes
Cha – the Caspian report does not mention that the Ottomans voluntarily joined the Austro/German alliance on the promise of having the Balkan countries returned to them when France and Britain lost...
View ArticleBy: SPC
Fletch, 1. Many states do not have elections – China and Saudi Arabia etc. The Prague spring and later Arab spring occured in countries that already had democracy? Israel was declared a state before it...
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