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Reader comment on item: Assessing Binyamin Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
Submitted by Kafirist (United States), Jun 14, 2009 at 17:39
Like Obama's speech in Cairo, Netanyahu's speech is just more rhetoric and posturing. Why do we lend any credence to what polticians have to say? PC is everything to a politician.
I'm sure Netanyahu knows the following will never happen:
"a fundamental prerequisite for ending the conflict is a public, binding and unequivocal Palestinian recognition of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people."
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| Comments on PM Netanyahu's speech - from Israel [617 words] | Chana Givon | Jun 28, 2009 19:26 | 158147 | ||
 A reaction to Chana Givon comments. [263 words] | batya dagan | Jun 29, 2009 20:11 | 158147 | ||
| A Note to Israel Advocacy Organizations [327 words] | Ron Singer | Jun 21, 2009 14:15 | 157728 | ||
| A Cup of Reeling for the Nations [184 words] | WB Kelly | Jun 20, 2009 23:00 | 157698 | ||
| 1 | NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [181 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Jun 18, 2009 21:06 | 157611 | |
| Natanyahou speech is a call for WAR! [60 words] | Karam H AL-Hashmi | Jun 18, 2009 17:48 | 157598 | ||
| Netanyahu is trying to navigate in a mine-field. [276 words] | Isaac Haskiya | Jun 17, 2009 08:32 | 157524 | ||
| The root of the problem [63 words] | Joe | Jun 16, 2009 06:29 | 157465 | ||
| Those who are merciful to the cruel will end up being cruel to the merciful [262 words] | David Olesker | Jun 16, 2009 03:52 | 157459 | ||
| Ommision of various statements by Netanyahu [94 words] | Gerald Kreaden | Jun 16, 2009 00:39 | 157451 | ||
| Bibi's Blunder [165 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Jun 16, 2009 00:18 | 157449 | ||
| PM Netanyahu's speech was just political. [89 words] | M.D'Souza | Jun 15, 2009 20:07 | 157435 | ||
| Behind the duelling speeches of Obama and Netanyahu [446 words] | Ron Thompson | Jun 15, 2009 19:36 | 157429 | ||
| Shakedown [96 words] | Dr.Bobby | Jun 15, 2009 18:16 | 157427 | ||
| The lobotomy option [342 words] | Richard K. | Jun 15, 2009 17:27 | 157424 | ||
| "Palestinians" cannot have wealth [141 words] | Sabba Hillel | Jun 15, 2009 16:26 | 157421 | ||
| Netanyahu's Speech [166 words] | Christopher Ventura | Jun 15, 2009 12:59 | 157408 | ||
| Israel a Jewish State [76 words] | dannykid | Jun 15, 2009 12:49 | 157407 | ||
| All that Bibi stated is both theoretical and moot. [159 words] | Don Saar | Jun 15, 2009 10:20 | 157401 | ||
| The Palestinians won't even yield to the extent sought in the speech [72 words] | Peter | Jun 15, 2009 07:15 | 157395 | ||
| Why Did He Do It? [40 words] | Bill Narvey | Jun 15, 2009 06:19 | 157391 | ||
| Points of high importance in Netanyahu speech which were omitted from your article [953 words] | Refael Laufert | Jun 15, 2009 03:02 | 157387 | ||
| Two important responses to Bibi's speech [13 words] | Joe Settler | Jun 15, 2009 03:01 | 157386 | ||
| Why Did He Do It? [180 words] | Sofa Sogood | Jun 15, 2009 01:56 | 157384 | ||
| 1 | A Jewish Response to Netanyahu's Speech [1415 words] | Prof. Paul Eidelberg | Jun 15, 2009 01:07 | 157382 | |
| The Differences Between a Politician & A Statesman [396 words] | Adina Kutnicki, Israel | Jun 15, 2009 08:32 | 157382 | ||
| Response to Netanyahu's Speech [408 words] | Kim Segar | Jun 15, 2009 10:39 | 157382 | ||
| Still Small Voice in all this... [211 words] | WB Kelly | Jun 16, 2009 23:25 | 157382 | ||
| Cunning vs. Wisdom [101 words] | Prof. Eidelberg | Jun 17, 2009 21:24 | 157382 | ||
| Netanyahu's Priorities [1144 words] | Prof. Paul Eidelberg | Jun 18, 2009 01:05 | 157382 | ||
| Whack job [117 words] | EricRomanoff | Jun 14, 2009 23:37 | 157381 | ||
| Palestinian unreasonableness makes me cry [208 words] | Gunjan | Jun 14, 2009 23:35 | 157380 | ||
| Bibi is not weak. [398 words] | batya dagan | Jun 14, 2009 22:41 | 157376 | ||
| Netanyahu is darned if he does, and darned if he doesn't [70 words] | Anne | Jun 14, 2009 20:54 | 157374 | ||
| The end of Israel [150 words] | Alan Nitikman | Jun 14, 2009 20:33 | 157373 | ||
| Alan Nitikman [171 words] | orange yonason | Jun 15, 2009 03:44 | 157373 | ||
| Addendum... [139 words] | orange yonason | Jun 14, 2009 20:12 | 157372 | ||
| Overall, It's About The Best We Can Expect... [90 words] | orange yonason | Jun 14, 2009 19:56 | 157371 | ||
| West Bank Arabs face only 2 real options: (a) Hamas rule, (b) Jordanian rule [267 words] | G Marcus | Jun 14, 2009 19:33 | 157369 | ||
| Conditions [250 words] | Nira | Jun 14, 2009 19:31 | 157368 | ||
| If ... Then ... [198 words] | Canaan | Jun 15, 2009 04:56 | 157368 | ||
| A Fine Speech On Many Points [197 words] | Amerisrael | Jun 14, 2009 18:55 | 157367 | ||
| Road Map [73 words] | asher | Jun 15, 2009 17:00 | 157367 | ||
| a roadmap to where [590 words] | pete murray | Jun 14, 2009 18:21 | 157363 | ||
 Political Posturing and Rhetoric [65 words] | Kafirist | Jun 14, 2009 17:39 | 157356 |
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