Netanyahu Speaking NOW!! No American station covering it that I know of

[Bullet1987]

Listen here...I got the link from twitter.

http://www.biu.ac.il/live/">Netanyahu on Palestenian state

[Cha]

1. Wow, I'm beginning to believe

all this about twitter.

[Kdillard]

2. Thanks so much. Watching now.

[DCBob]

3. BBC world news is covering it now live.

[DCBob]

4. He's making alot of demands and conditions but generally this sounds very very promising..

Obama now needs to go to work on the Palestinians.

[Better Believe It]

7. Is he demanding that Palestinians leave Palestine?

Or just that they allow Israel to cut up Palestine into itsy, bitsy pieces via the settlements?

[DCBob]

8. The big demands I heard were recognizing Israel as a Jewish state,

a totally demilitarized Palestine and to reign in Hamas. Not sure if those are preconditions to talks or condidtions to an agreement.

[Better Believe It]

10. An exclusionary and exclusive pure "Jewish" state? That's unacceptable

At least I hope that's unaccceptable to the Palestinians and the millions of non-Jewish people who live in Israel.

Israel's right to exist as an independent multi-ethnic state is a totally different question.

[DCBob]

11. Yes, that will be tough one to overcome if they insist on it.

We shall see how this plays out.

[Better Believe It]

13. It can't and won't be overcome and that's why the far right Israeli regime may insist on it.

While trying to create the false impression that they are making concessions!

[DCBob]

15. You are probably right.

But hope you are not.

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. without the removal of the vast majority of settlements - a Palestinian state is physically impossib

impossible. Everyone knows this.

There are approximately 450,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, (*now closer to 500,000) including East Jerusalem. According to B'tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights, " the built-up area of the settlements in the West Bank covers 1.7 percent of the West Bank, the settlements control 41.9 percent of the entire West Bank".*

http://www.btselem.org/English/Maps/Index.asp

full PDF map:

http://www.btselem.org/Download/Settlements_Map_Eng.pdf

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/728a69d4-12b1-11dc-a475-000b5df10621,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F728a69d4-12b1-11dc-a475-000b5df10621.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2Fdiscuss%2Fdu


“there is no Palestinian state, even though the Israelis speak of one.” Instead, he said, “there will be a settler state and a Palestinian built-up area, divided into three sectors, cut by fingers of Israeli settlement and connected only by narrow roads."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/middleeast/11road.html?_r=8&pagewanted=2&ei=5070&en=22948d4799a34065&ex=1187496000&emc=eta1&oref=

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http://www.icahd.org/eng/articles.asp?menu=6&submenu=3&map=yes

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[DCBob]

14. There are several issues that render any agreement impossible...

but they have to keep trying. The staus quo is also "impossible".

[Better Believe It]

17. I disagree. The status quo is completely acceptable to the right-wingers in Israel

The collatoral damage of a few Israeli deaths every once in awhile due to suicide bombings or rockets is totally acceptable to the right-wing.

They don't like that, but the alternative is totally unacceptable to them .... a truly independent and viable Palestinian state on "Israeli land" that God gave them?

[Better Believe It]

16. Thanks for the maps. That pretty much lays out the reason for Israeli settlements.

Could it be any clearer?

A chopped up Palestine can never become a viable independent state.

The only way a two state solution can emerge is if Israel disbands all of the settlements.

[tridim]

5. Not streaming for me. Must be being hit hard now.

[DCBob]

6. He just finished.

[SpartanDem]

9. Coverage on CNNI