King Abdullah: 'Israel Has an Expiration date'

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Israel Radio reported Monday morning that King Abdullah of Jordan said "Israel has an expiration date."

Abdullah's comments were reportedly made to the BBC last week. During the interview Abdullah said Israel's survival was dependent on a two-state solution. Israel does not realize it needs such a solution, he added.

Abdullah added his government would increase pressure on Israel to reach a final status agreement with the Palestinian Authority.

He did not, however, provide any concrete facts to buttress his oft repeated assertion of Israel's imminent doom.


http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149968

[EC]

1. Well, yeah.

Isreali's will be out numbered in their own country soon.

[msongs]

2. "outnumbered" by the original inhabitants and owners that is nt

[vminfla]

3. The Canaanites are coming back?

Man, I thought those people are long gone.

[azurnoir]

5. Who will "outnumber" Israeli's in Israel? n/t

[EC]

6. I was wrong, should have said Israeli Jews

will be outnumbered by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=arabs%20outnumber%20jews%20in%20jerusalem&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCkQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsmine.org%2Fcontent.php%3Fol%3Dwar-on-terror%2Fisrael%2Fpopulation%2Fisraeli-arabs-outnumber.txt&ei=oGfMTq6LO4HwggeEjLHlDQ&usg=AFQjCNHY9qr_eBW9bXC9a7tUr33dlUOD-w

[azurnoir]

7. ah ha I think your first comment spoke quite loud and clear n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Well, I think he's probably correct in much of his analysis.

There's nothing about statehood (and that goes for any state) that makes it a forever proposition.

[holdencaufield]

8. Various people...

... have been predicting the end of Israel for decades.

It is NOT the smart-money bet

[vminfla]

15. Hope springs eternal

Perhaps if the Israelis would, just once, stop defending themselves from unrelenting aggression it really could be the death of Israelis.

[shaayecanaan]

9. Misleading and taken completely out of context

The full quote is as follows:-

King Abdullah: Turkey and Israel have a bad relationship. You see what’s happening in Egypt. Jordan is the only other country that has a relationship with Israel, so we are the last man standing. I don’t think that Israel is more stable because of what is happening in the Middle East, it is less stable. If they don’t figure out whether they truly want a two-state solution, then the Israel that we know has also an expiration date. They have to decide how they want to integrate themselves into the region. And if they keep pushing this problem down the road, each year the options for Israel become less. A very well respected Western politician told me recently that if Israel continues on this policy of not moving forward on the Palestinian-Israeli issue it will find itself in the very near future with the only ally out there being the US Congress. And in my discussion in the international community, the volume of frustration that has been raised towards Israeli politics is at an all time level.

http://www.kingabdullah.jo/index.php/en_US/interviews/view/id/479/videoDisplay/0.html

[bemildred]

10. Good quote:

"They have to decide how they want to integrate themselves into the region. And if they keep pushing this problem down the road, each year the options for Israel become less. A very well respected Western politician told me recently that if Israel continues on this policy of not moving forward on the Palestinian-Israeli issue it will find itself in the very near future with the only ally out there being the US Congress."

And the US Congress ain't worth a bucket of warm spit when it comes to standing by old friends in the imperial satrapies.

[parkia00]

11. Here on I/P? My goodness!

It's an everyday special by some chefs here.

[Crunchy Frog]

12. The correct translation being:

"King Abdullah vows to wipe Israel off the map!"

[pelsar]

13. heh heh....

and this is coming from Jordan of all places.....

[vminfla]

14. Jordan is a political ally, not a friend

Jordan would prefer an arab state living next door.