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France accuses Israel of not wanting peace
St Petersburg News.Net
Tuesday 10th November, 2009
The French government has expressed fears that Israel no longer appears to want to pursue peace negotiations in the Middle East.
In an interview on French radio, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he did not see there would be a breakthrough in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
He claimed that, even though Israel had once had a great peace movement, it seemed that the desire had completely vanished, "as though people no longer believe in it."
Mr Kouchner said that France remained completely opposed to settlement construction in the West Bank.
He said that while the Obama administration had lately relieved its insistence that Israeli settlements in the West Bank should stop, France remained totally opposed to the issue of the settlements.
During the interview, the French foreign minister urged President Mahmoud Abbas to reverse his decision to step down.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on Wednesday.  Email this story to a friend
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Anonymous
11-11-09, 06:39 AM |
French political figure says Israelis no longer crave peace
2000 years ago a prophet came from your midst and He allowed Himself to be crucified. This public death had to occur so as to prove to everyone that he had died! This had to happen.. For how could Jesus rise from death without such a dramatic display to prove that he had died?.. With this death, Jesus could then show us there is more than we currently expect as life, he has opened to doors of perception to new possibilities.. ie the Life after our current state.. Please, please realize that this Door of LIFE is opened through the acts of Love.. Jesus gave us the two greatest commandments.. which are, First of all Love God with all you heart and soul and mind... then the second great commandment is to Love your neighbor as yourself or as Jesus loves us.. Children of Israel, I pray that you truly discover this Love because it will not only transform Israel, IT WILL TRANSFORM THIS WORLD! love from a brother
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TheAZCowBoy
11-11-09, 09:53 AM |
Israel want peace - with the US providing all the killing power - who wants peace?
A nation that doesn’t have to pay for the bombs, missiles and bullets will never want peace. The Great Satan must be dragged by the collar before the ICC for conspiracy to murder innocent civilians in Gaza - then 'maybe' we will fnd ME peace.
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Sir Ron
11-11-09, 11:00 AM |
Israel has the same laws we (USA) have...the right to bare arms & protest their home, bcuz her home is surrounded by evil neighbors. Those innocent civilians in Gaza need to rise up & run those punk ass terrorist & racist out, you know the ones who shoot off rockets then duck into religious temples or civilian homes. Both sides are wrong, but THE GREAT SATAN is in lands surrounding Israel.
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synonomous - dumb like a fox
11-11-09, 12:39 PM |
Who doesn't want Pease...?
I wonder now... who first was with the rockets..? Israel? Was it Israeli rockets shelling Lebanon a few years ago, and Israel recently shelling Gaza with rockets...? And was it Israeli suicide bombers that blew up a pizza parlor and a wedding reception and other terrorist acts - I seem to forget now... But Israel vacated Gaza, didn’t they? Hmmm. I wonder why Palestinians didn’t declare a Palestinian state; perhaps it means, by default recognizing UN Resolution 181 (1947) that said that an Israeli AND Palestinian state were to be formed. And I think it was Israel who attacked the surrounding Arab states, or am I wrong...
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Commonsense
11-15-09, 03:28 PM |
Arabs are wrong
this religious war is getting hot! Israel has every right to defend itself from these fanatics.. The history clearly details the arab leaders non-compliance to the will of the arab citizens to live in peace, but continually harrasses and denies Israel it’s right to exist. The french government has clearly shown that they have no spine for what it means to be a superpower in today’s world. However, they will probably buddy-up with the obama circus.
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