Rice calls for end to Palestinian violence

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061219/pl_nm/palestinians_rice_dc

Rice calls for end to Palestinian violence

28 minutes ago

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice called on Palestinians to end violence and look into forming a government that wins international acceptance.


"The violence needs to stop. We hope that there will in fact be a ceasefire between the parties, that is very important," Rice said in an interview with Al Arabiya television made available to Reuters on Tuesday ahead of broadcast.

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The fighting has escalated since Abbas called on Saturday for early elections to break the deadlock and Hamas accused him of a "coup" against its elected government.

"The political crisis also has to be resolved and it needs to be resolved by the Palestinian people getting a government that can be acceptable internationally so that the difficulties that have been there in terms of resources for the Palestinians can be resolved," Rice said.

[gratuitous]

1. "The violence needs to stop"

Oh boy, another "knock it off over there, you kids!" diplomat in the Bush administration. It's just such a powerful model, you wonder why everybody doesn't just adopt it. Crime? "Crime needs to stop." Poverty? "Poverty needs to stop."

Heck, we could solve all the world's problems by lunchtime. And then go shoe shopping.

[saigon68]

12. She said with "A Smiling Face"

[Kikosexy2]

15. She said what?...

Fuck off Bitch...go do something important like shoe-shopping or how about getting your teeth fix...

[azurnoir]

2. Gosh she has a way with words

So "do what we say or else" will continue to be policy when it comes to the Palestinians, it has workeed so well in the past.:sarcasm:

edited for word spacing

[underpants]

6. Okay problem solved.....next?!

Wow that Condi is nothing if she isn't a visionary huh?

[Double T]

3. Condi, you're doing a terrific job with 'war and peace'.......

keep IT up.

[sallyseven]

4. Like they care what she says.

It is over Condi. You have no power and neither does the chimp.

[aquart]

5. Was there much laughter?

[riverwalker]

7. They had one Condi, you refused to meet with him

Ignorant and incompetant witch. Suddenly Arafat the boogy-man doesn't look so bad, eh Condi?

"Ms Rice celebrates the healing virtues of democracy, but refused to deal with Yasser Arafat, the democratically elected President of the Palestinian authority. Could Ms Rice be ignorant that Arafat won an election in 1996 carrying 88% of the popular vote in an election monitored by international monitors and by the Carter Center? To answer this question, we may choose between hypocrisy and ignorance."
http://www.counterpunch.org/martin01262005.html

[Kagemusha]

8. The crisis needs to be resolved through Hamas' unconditional surrender

That's Condi's message. Because that's the only way the Palestinian people can get a government that can be acceptable internationally and the financial siege ended. If the Palestinians continue to choose the wrong leaders, the siege shall continue.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. You mean all she had to do was ask and the violence would stop?

I'm impressed . . .

[otohara]

10. Works Everytime

I can't recall how many headlines saying "Rice calls for......"

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. Did she point an angry finger too? n/t

[Broadslidin]

13. Yo, Mushroom Cloud Condi, There's A Shoe Sale At Printemps In Paris...!

:yoiks:

[Supersedeas]

19. is this part of the new Middle East bum rush that she warned about

[Mz Pip]

14. Did it work?

Has the violence stopped because Condi asked nicely? Well, whatever, now she can go to the next item on her holiday agenda - buy more shoes.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[yellowcanine]

16. And George W. Bush announces that no more hurricanes will be allowed to hit New Orleans.

Take that, Mother Nature!

[krispos42]

17. Krispos42 calls for end to Palestinian violence

"If you guys stop killing each other, there'll be much less death," he said in an interview with his cat, Sedgwick Fluffanutter.

I figure I have just as much of chance of being heeded as she does. Or rather, she has just as much of a chance of being heeded as I do!

[primavera]

18. Gosh, how novel

I'm sure no one's ever thought of that approach before.

[DoYouEverWonder]

20. Just be glad

she's never had kids.