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Nottingham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-03 06:14 PM
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Palestinians Warn U.S. on Israeli Fence Veto at UN
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Palestinians Warn U.S. on Israeli Fence Veto at UN
Fri October 10, 2003 02:37 PM ET




By Irwin Arieff
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians warned Washington on Friday that the Middle East peace process would be doomed if a U.S. veto at the United Nations allowed Israel to extend its security fence deep into West Bank territory.

If Israel is allowed to continue construction, "this will mean the end of the two-state solution, and that will take us to either a more drastic and radical solution or perpetual conflict. It should be looked at that seriously," Palestinian U.N. envoy Nasser al-Kidwa said.

Al-Kidwa called for a U.N. Security Council vote on Tuesday on a draft resolution seeking to bar Israel from building the fence on Palestinian land and denouncing plans for more than 600 new homes in Israeli settlements.

After initial closed-door talks on the Palestinian request, diplomats said there was broad support in the 15-nation council for a resolution on the security barrier, although changes in the Palestinian draft were likely

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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-03 06:33 PM
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1. Building a conventional prison facility for 3 million is impractical

The security barrier provides a way to keep this undesirable population in lockdown and prevent terrorists from attempting to smuggle in contraband such as water, food and medicine.
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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-03 06:49 PM
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2. If I were Presdient, i would bomb it
If I were president, I would bomb it...

also, if Israel keeps this up, the only solution to that conflict would be either war or a one state solution.
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 12:53 AM
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3. Another solution - the Palestinians stop bombing cafes
and restart negotiating.
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Aidoneus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:08 AM
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4. patere legem, quam ipse tulisti
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kamtsa Donating Member (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:19 AM
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5. Thats's exactly the differernce ...
... The Palestinian would just kill everybody in the coffee shop.
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