Obama demands end of Israel settlement policy in West Bank. Reply: "Screw you!"

[Crazy_Ivan80]

israel should have solved the palestinian matter in 1948.

Or the Arabs should have solved the Israel problem in 1948, one or the other.  This "nothing solved" future history is for the birds.

the arabs should sink in the sea, save us all a bunch of misery

[The Brain]

We should put the friendly Middle Easterners in ships off the coast and nuke the whole region. Then we should sink the ships. Problem solved.

[Valmy]

We should put the friendly Middle Easterners in ships off the coast and nuke the whole region. Then we should sink the ships. Problem solved.

I second this creative and enlightened idea.

[Warspite]

I don't get the issue-linkage between de fact annexation of portions of the West Bank and the behaviour of the Palestintians.

[The Minsky Moment]

Settlement expansion both makes provision of security more difficult, and is economically a net negative to the state.

It is a stupid policy driven by stubborn people and a highly vocal and militant lobby.

[Neil]

Settlement expansion both makes provision of security more difficult, and is economically a net negative to the state.

It is a stupid policy driven by stubborn people and a highly vocal and militant lobby.

And not militant in the sort of way that PETA is militant (whining and snivelling) or the way that the UAW is militant (strikes, organized crime).  We're talking about Prime-Minister-shooting militant here.

[Valmy]

It is a stupid policy driven by stubborn people and a highly vocal and militant lobby.

The militants driving policy?  In the Middle East?  Shocking.