I'm going by the actual quote marks and assuming that anything in quotes was actually said and anything out of quotes is from the writer.
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Actually the Huffpost article is merely quoting > http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-finally-speaks-his-mind/ which > is the article I posted when I made the statement about negotiating in > good faith that got me labeled a terrorist sympathizer. > > The opinions are those Times of Israel editor David Horovitz. I have > tried to find a transcript of Netanyahu's press conference to see what > he actually said, but it does not seem to be available. > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > > Can there be a country surrounded by other countries? Can there be a > > country that is demilitarized? Is this an issue of security that has been > > known and discussed for years and years? > > The writer of the Huffington post is just that, a writer of a Huffington > > post and it's his opinion that you can't have a state with Israel > > controlling the Jordan Valley. He's not a statesman. He's not part of the > > negotiations. He's literally a nobody putting his two cents in, which is > > worth just that. > > > > Israel is negotiating with a single goal in mind - security. They're not > > going to do anything that will endanger themselves and giving up the > Jordan > > Valley is a major danger. Abbas offered a 10 year 'lease' of the area and > > if there was a way to tie it to security performance on the part of the > > Palestinians then maybe we would be closer to a solution. But like the > > writer of the article, I'm not a statesman and all I'm doing is second > > guessing those that are. > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> How do you create an autonomous, sovereign Palestinian state without > giving > >> up control? > >> ᧠> >> > >> On 18 July 2014 15:04, Michael Dinowitz <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Read it again. He did not come out and say that he opposed a > Palestinian > >> > state. That was a conjecture that was brought from him saying that > israel > >> > can't relinquish security contrtol of the Jordan Valley (territory > west > >> of > >> > the River Jordan), his actual quote. This is nothing new and has been > >> said > >> > by every Israeli government. > >> > > >> > Basically, it's another fluff piece article putting words in his mouth > >> and > >> > trying to paint the security control of the Jordan Valley as something > >> new. > >> > As a word of advice, any time anyone quotes any official, double check > >> what > >> > was an actual quote and what was conjecture. Especially if the > article is > >> > on Huffington. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371785 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm