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- Palestinian leaders said on Saturday US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich had invited more conflict in the Middle East by calling the Palestinians an "invented" people who want to destroy Israel.
Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian official, described his comments in an interview as "despicable." Hanan Ashrawi, another top official, said Gingrich's "very racist comments" showed he was "incapable of holding public office."
Palestinians: Gingrich fuels more Mideast conflict
Seeded on Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:44 AM EST
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"Remember, there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire" until the early 20th century, said Gingrich, who has risen to the top of Republican polls with voting to start early next year to pick a nominee to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.
"I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people who are in fact Arabs, and who were historically part of the Arab community. And they had a chance to go many places, and for a variety of political reasons we have sustained this war against Israel now since the 1940s, and it's tragic," he said.
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#1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:45 AM ESTHe said both the Hamas militant group, which controls the Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian Authority, which receives financial backing from the United States, represent "an enormous desire to destroy Israel."
While Hamas remains committed to armed "resistance" and will not recognize Israel, the Palestinian Authority based in Ramallah states that only peaceful means can deliver Palestinian statehood and its security forces cooperate with Israel.
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#2 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:46 AM ESTNewt's point of view is accurate yet the same reasoning and historical fact can be applied to so-called Jews people in Israel also. Anyone can be a Jew who believes in the teachings of Judaism. Palestinians are nationalist, or people born within the boarders of the country Palestine. So is Newt suggesting that in turn, Americans are not a people?
Americans like Newt are at the bottom of a cyst-pool in search of new political leadership. On both sides of the American two party (Or three, if you count the cloned Republicans members of the Tea Party, newly elected politicians) political system.
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#3 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:02 PM ESTYou present an unorganized illogical meaningless message.
It is so filled with inaccuracies and distortions, that I don't have to respond, as your misconceptions are obvious to all, except those so blinded by hate that they can't see the truth from their misguided beliefs.
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