As the current round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians hit their nine-month deadline, the Obama administration introduced a Hail Mary-esque offer to keep the Israelis at the table: the release of Jonathan Pollard, a U.S. spy who provided intelligence to the Israelis and has been serving a life sentence since 1987.
Israel decided not to release 30 Palestinian prisoners last week, a provision of the current round of talks, because it first wanted a commitment from the Palestinian side that they would extend talks beyond the current April 29 deadline.
A U.S. official said Pollard is one of several options being considered in order to keep the Israelis at the table and give way to a diplomatic domino effect: Israel releases the prisoners and agrees to another item on the Palestinian “wish list” like a settlement freeze in the West Bank or the release of elderly and female prisoners in order to keep the Palestinians talking for another set period of time.
The Palestinians have threatened to seek full member status at the United Nations if Israel does not release this batch of prisoners.
Pollard has long been a cause célèbre for pro-Israel activists on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In 2002, Benjamin Netanyahu, now the Prime Minister but who was then out of office, visited Pollard in his North Carolina prison.
tpaine posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=28543
that guy goes way back. he's had that avatar even longer than i had mine.
http://www.thetower.org/0068-concerns-at-washington-u-over-pro-terror-activism/
tshirt is all you need to be pro terror advocate
HenryKrinkle posted:
wrong thread. joke thread the other way
guidoanselmi posted:neocon/israeli personality hit squad attacking a friend of mine: http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/j-street-u-student-t-shirt-resistance-not-terrorism
http://www.thetower.org/0068-concerns-at-washington-u-over-pro-terror-activism/
tshirt is all you need to be pro terror advocate
its all the media needed to accuse the MH370 pilot of deliberately crashing the plane
guidoanselmi posted:neocon/israeli personality hit squad attacking a friend of mine: http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/j-street-u-student-t-shirt-resistance-not-terrorism
http://www.thetower.org/0068-concerns-at-washington-u-over-pro-terror-activism/
tshirt is all you need to be pro terror advocate
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bronies and misanthropes control everything. Thanks obama
gastarbeiter posted:I couldn't see the first site because:
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luckily most TruthRevolt readers use JDate instead
*no convictions*
Alright ma'am, looks like youre free to go
if, some years from now, it is revealed through a foia request that manning's gender identity disorder was deliberately induced by hir captors for the purpose of manipulating public opinion about hir disclosures, would this affect how you view the 'legitimacy' of hir present gender. why or why not. show your work
e: I f'd up the pronouns
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gyrofry posted:the 'legitimacy' of hir present gender
well what does this mean
littlegreenpills posted:if anything it only gathered sympathy
no way. this was true among lefties but that was in reaction to mass derision. it gave people a great excuse to say that she was crazy/'just acting out' and not doing something political with the doc dump
gyrofry posted:what does it mean to you
catchphrase
discipline posted:while glen greenwald is probably an opportunist libertarian asshole
Glen Greenwald and Laura Poitras, the only two journalists in possession of Snowdens archive, are collaborating on a business venture with PayPal owner Pierre Omidyar. I believe the idea is to monetize leaks into a new edgy form of journalism.. makes a whole lot more sense as to why PayPal froze Wikileaks account since they would technically be the competition.