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Palin: ‘Jewish Settlements Should Expand,’ Even In Palestinian Areas

palinisraelIn an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin separated herself from decades of U.S. policy — which has held that Israel’s settlements in the Occupied Territories are illegitimate and an impediment to peace — saying that she thinks “Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expand”:

WALTERS: The Obama administration does not want Israel to build any more settlements on what they consider Palestinian territory. What is your view on this?

PALIN: I disagree with the Obama administration on that. I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead. And I don’t think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand.

WALTERS: Even if it’s [in] Palestinian areas?

PALIN: I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expand.

Not only does Palin disagree with the Obama administration on that, she also disagrees with the Bush administration, whose 2002 “roadmap for peace” called for a settlement freeze. In fact, every U.S. administration since Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza began in 1967 has opposed Israel’s building of settlements, which are held to be illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention:

Article 49. The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.

In addition to violating Israel’s obligations under international law, the settlements are a major source of anger and frustration for Palestinians, and one of the main drivers of extremism and violence among both Palestinians and Israelis. By further entrenching Israel within the Palestinian territories, the settlements also make a two-state solution — which both Presidents Bush and Obama have recognized as a central U.S. national security interest — far more difficult to achieve.

Palin’s wild views on Jewish settlements might help her steal some radical right-wing religious support from Mike Huckabee, but they have disastrous implications both for U.S. and Israeli security, as well as for Palestinian national and human rights.



109 Responses to “Palin: ‘Jewish Settlements Should Expand,’ Even In Palestinian Areas”

  1. RUCerious says:

    AwCmon, you don’t really expect the failed Governor to know shit about the Geneva convention, do you? She probably thinks it’s a cool place to go and mingle with the other conventioneers.


  2. LividLib says:

    “I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon…”

    WTF???
    she’s fcuking clueless!


  3. Virtual Pebble says:

    What did anyone expect? Palin belongs to an “end time” Christianist sect; they want all the Jews to go back to Israel and Judeah. Immanentize the Eschaton. Armageddon – bringin’ it on. Etc and so on.

    Witless cariboob.


  4. chiroptera toasterhead says:

    RUCerious says:

    She probably thinks it’s a cool place to go and mingle with the other conventioneers.
    November 18th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    __________

    She can see Switzerland from her house, dontcha know?


  5. TeleMan says:

    Once again, the ditz proves she is a policy lightweight by not understanding the real problem.

    I wonder if she would change her mind if illegal immigrants came to Alaska and “occupied” land.


  6. Chyron HR says:

    I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow.

    Manifest destiny! Let’s give those Palestinians some H1N1-infected iPods!

    More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead.

    Meanwhile, here in the real world, immigration to Israel has steadily decreased over time.


  7. Purple State says:


    PALIN: [...] And I don’t think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand.

    So who has given the right to say yes to Israel’s expansion to Palin, who holds no current political office?

    I’m gonna guess this was a “gotcha” question too?


  8. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    of course bible-thumpin’-speakin-in-tongues-to-snakes cut n’ run palin would endorse tension in the mideast since everyone knows it will bring about jeebus returning to earth


  9. noseeum says:

    Palin takes another step down the plank…


  10. Armageddon T. Thunderbird says:

  11. liberalinaredstate says:

    So be it, Palin says they should be allowed to expand, because more and more Jewish ppl will be flocking to Israel! For what, a vacation!? Sounds like good foreign Palin policy at work…narrow minded, judgemental, clueless, thoughtless and downright embarrassing


  12. mike from Arlington says:

    A breath of fresh ignorance.


  13. samsuncle says:

    I doubt very seriously if she can even find Israel on a map much less make an intelligent comment on the current situation there.


  14. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  15. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    WALTERS: The Obama administration does not want Israel to build any more settlements on what they consider Palestinian territory. What is your view on this?

    PALIN: I disagree with the Obama administration on that. I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead. And I don’t think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand.

    WALTERS: Even if it’s [in] Palestinian areas?

    PALIN: I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expand.

    Notice that she avoids the question about whether the settlements should be allowed to expand into Palestinian areas. When asked this directly, she simply repeats what she said. I believe she is one of those people who believes that Israel has done nothing wrong. She is sadly mistaken.


  16. normalasf says:

    It’s almost like listening to Bush define sovereignty.


  17. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    lookit the nice strawman mr puke created just in time for thanksgiving?

    mr. puke, how do you feel the land israelis are settling on is STOLEN land from an ILLEGAL pre-emptive war?


  18. COProgressive says:

    President Obama: “The sky is blue.”

    PALIN: I disagree with the Obama administration on that.

    It really doesn’t matter what the Obama administration plans, agenda, or policies are. The answer would always be the same.

    PALIN: I disagree with the Obama administration on that.

    Palin is very good at being a “nattering nabob of negativism“, any fool can be a negative obstructionist. But I’ve yet to hear a single original “idea” from Ms. Palin’s head other than she was “quitting as governor of Alaska because she’s not a quitter“. Now THAT was original.


  19. Chyron HR says:

    If Israel laid down its arms what would happen?

    Question: Why do you equate not expanding settlements with “Laying down arms”? Are you a liar, or just stupid?


  20. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    Question: If Israel laid down its arms what would happen? They would get wiped out. If all their Arab neighbors laid down their arms, what would happen? Nothing.
    See what Israel is dealing with.

    The question wasn’t about what would happen if Israel laid down its arms (a false choice, by the way, making the rest of your statement meaningless), the question was whether or not Israel should expand the settlements into Palestinian areas. Presenting a false choice does not win your argument.

    See what we are dealing with.


  21. noseeum says:

    Hi Mr. Dupe.
    What’s on the tube this afternoon?
    The Dumb and the Feckless?


  22. indi1216 says:

    I don’t get it, why would ABC asked Palin on a question like that? we all know she does not have the knowledge nor the intelligence to answer the question. Next time, please stick with hunting and teen pregnancies on Palin will ya?


  23. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    mr puke,
    are you one of them bible beaters waiting for armageddon?


  24. noseeum says:

    What happened when the Native Americans laid down their arms, Mr. Dupe?


  25. Purple State says:

    Unless any of us are actual experts at diplomacy in the Middle East or have such experts on hand, I don’t think any of us should be making hypotheticals about what Israel and Palestine would or wouldn’t do.

    That includes any politician.


  26. Rob says:

    I bet she or any other right winger wouldn’t say the same thing about Mexico.


  27. indi1216 says:

    Mr Duke…you seem to miss the part that the land belonged to the Palestinians for centuries till of course we stick the Israelis over there and make them a country.


  28. COProgressive says:

    Mr.Duke says:
    Since 1948, the area has been a mess.

    And what does your little babble have to do with Ms. Palin’s thoughtless thoughts on the subject?


  29. Game of Life says:

    “Millions of copies will be sold (given away) of a book written by someone who can’t write, intended for an audience that doesn’t read, about the thoughts of a person who doesn’t think. God is dead.”

    So true, so true.


  30. tom says:

    Let’s face it. There is so much misinformation, disinformation, conflation, fabrication and downright lying in circulation. It’s challenging for any of us to sort through it, verify the real facts and sort out the “significant few” from the “trivial many”.

    As difficult as it is for an intelligent person to do so, it is absolutely impossible for a dolt like Sarah Quaylin. She is merely a useful idiot for the likes of Limpballs, Vanity and BeckyBoy. Her comments about the Jewish settlements are a prime example of her utter ignorance.

    As I write this, Little Seanie Vanity is discussing “death panels” with her right now in conjunction with the U.S. Preventive Health Services Task Force’s (USPHSTF) new mammogram guidelines. Neither one of them are aware that the USPHSTF began in 1984 and has provided the “gold standard” in screening guidelines for all kinds of diseases for 20 years. There’s nothing new there.

    In addition, the USPHSTF is part of the Agency for Healthcare Quality that has existed within the Department of Health and Human Services for more than a decade. This agency deals with a variety of evidence-based research on treatment protocols, outcomes, new technology, etc. If the cost curve in healthcare is going to get bent downward, this is where it needs to begin. There is too much variance in practice patterns, diagnostic routines, outcomes and costs. No one in Washington seems to really get that fact right now. And the whole concept is 40,000 feet over the heads of Quaylin, republicans in general and the rant-jockeys who spend every day bashing healthcare reform.


  31. texasrick says:

    Why does the media continue with their fascination with this moronic idiot? She has the mental capacity of a AAAA battery!

    God, what a moron. As long as expansion continues, the war and atrocities will continue.


  32. lux says:

    What in the fu cking crap!?

    you can’t be serious..

    what?

    just when I thought I couldn’t be more shocked by Republican idiotic behavior…

    what?

    really?


  33. raynman says:

    I wonder if she would change her mind if illegal immigrants came to Alaska and “occupied” land.

    They already did, just ask the Aleuts, the Tlingit, the Eskimos… etc. etc. etc.


  34. Winski says:

    ASTOUNDING the levels of stupidity this woman scrapes….if she actually knew anything about any other part of the planet other than the 40-50 square miles that surround her compound in Alaska if would almost be scary that she could find a second Wal-Mart…

    It’s is TRULY amazing how dumb she is….amazing…


  35. delafield says:

    Joe Lieberman (R-Israel) was just seen dancing in the streets!!


  36. EugeneDebs says:

    Mr Duke

    You dont KNOW what Israel has been dealing with. You dont know anything. You are stupid and you are brainwashed. Just STFU. You are too stupid to add to the simplest conversation much less something as complex as the Israeli/Palestinian issue


  37. UncleMoney says:

    She has no clue!!! Does anybody with any real intellect believe she knows a dime’s worth about the Israel/Palestine issue? Would she mind if Native Americans decide to expand their rightful settlements? She shows her lack of depth, by repeating, word for word, “Jews have rights, Muslims eat dirt” kind of talk.


  38. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    well, at least cut n’ run palin’s getting better with this interview routine. a mere 9 months ago she would have been quoted as saying,

    “i can see israel from alaska don’tcha know also, too”.


  39. texasrick says:

    #35…If he falls and hurts himself, at least HE has health insurance.


  40. EugeneDebs says:

    God Bimbostien is almost as stupid as the trolls that post here. Now I know why the religious right supports her. She would have a good shot at bringing about the end of the world


  41. Dig Dug says:

    Mr.Duke says:

    ——————————————————————————–

    Palin’s wild views on Jewish settlements might help her steal some radical right-wing religious support from Mike Huckabee, but they have disastrous implications both for U.S. and Israeli security, as well as for Palestinian national and human rights.

    Since 1948, the area has been a mess. It hasn’t matter what Israel has done. … Question: If Israel laid down its arms what would happen? They would get wiped out. If all their Arab neighbors laid down their arms, what would happen? Nothing.
    See what Israel is dealing with.

    Who has ever said anything about Israel laying down their arms???


  42. shawnfassett says:

    based on her “theories” the southern United States had better hope & pray that Mexican population in the north doesn’t grow and feel the need to expand.


  43. missmolly says:

    Does this woman have any idea what she’s talking about?

    Does she really believe that Jews are relocating to Israel at an alarming rate? My research shows that if anything, Jewish immigration to Israel is declining slightly.

    Does she know that the concept of taking over someone else’s land because the space is needed for one’s people has a rather dark history? Hitler justified his takeover of central Europe for “lebensraum” for Germans and others of the “master race”. Does she really want to go with this, knowing the inevitable comparison people will make? And does she know that inviting ANY parallel between Jews and Hitler is in incredibly bad taste?

    Does she know that her intelligence ranks below that of coleslaw?


  44. jjm says:

    Perhaps the news media should quit headlining the comments of a true crackpot like Palin and her pal, Beck. Please, less attention to her and to him!! If she were ever again elected to office in this country, after abandoning her governorship, then elections will really have ceased to have any meaning whatsoever.


  45. sscncturn64 says:

    She needs to expand her brain. Either that or get on her broom and fly the fck out of here.


  46. ForTruth says:

    God’s gonna wipe out something like 4 out of 5 of the “attackers” against Israel. Everything is going swimmingly.


  47. missmolly says:

    Wayne A. Schneider says
    November 18th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    When asked this directly, she simply repeats what she said.
    _____________________________________________________________

    Chatty Cathy wasn’t programmed with an answer to a follow-up question, so when her string was pulled again, she gave her only available response.


  48. Chyron HR says:

    ForTruth says:

    God’s gonna wipe out something like 4 out of 5 of the “attackers” against Israel.

    As seen in the fine documentary film “Left Behind”.


  49. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    Good one, missmolly. I forgot about checking her back for a string. Hell, even the Terminator had better programmed responses.


  50. barfly says:

    If all their Arab neighbors laid down their arms, what would happen? Nothing.

    Except they would be dispossesed, and then in need of land for their settlements. So you’re saying we should allow the Palestinians to be pushed of their land, and…

    Wingnuts never seem to have an answer, short of genocide.


  51. missmolly says:

    Dig Dug says
    November 18th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    Who has ever said anything about Israel laying down their arms???
    _____________________________________________________________

    Only Mr. Duke did. Apparently, he can’t deal with the topic at hand, so he had to set up a straw man and put some bling on it in an effort to divert attention from the issue.


  52. TeleMan says:

    raynman says:

    I wonder if she would change her mind if illegal immigrants came to Alaska and “occupied” land.

    They already did, just ask the Aleuts, the Tlingit, the Eskimos… etc. etc. etc.

    Great point.

    Since Sarah’s lineage is not native, I guess that makes her one of the immigrants who came to occupy the land.

    Conservatives are so terrible at analogies.


  53. pags2 says:

    PALIN: I disagree with the Obama administration on that. I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead. And I don’t think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand.

    The US provides a significant subsidy for arms for Israel. It is our business to tell the Israelis not to build settlements when they are using our money. Palin’s statements reflect her inability to grasp foreign affairs. Thank the deity of your choice she is not the VP.


  54. Leftside Annie says:

    Lord. That woman opens her mouth and teh stoopit flies right out.


  55. DRxJ says:

    Reason #3568 I’m so got darned thankful her and McSame were NOT elected!


  56. smidget says:

    Come on, guys. It would surprise me if this stupid ditz has even heard of the Geneva Conventions, let alone knows what’s contained in them.

    Sarah Palin saying something retarded (again) is NOT newsworthy, it’s par for the course.


  57. dannylauve says:

    Please do not waste time trying to figure out her motives, THEY ARE CLEAR. Her one goal in life is to NOT KNOW ANYTHING and to act like she knows everything. This woman is a nutcase and proves her ignorance each and every day. She is a lazy, dim witted person who thinks if you say some catchy thing, it will fool everyone into believing you know something. This is just to create a firestorm to coincide with her book release, which is a compilation of angry, self-pitying blame throwing and thoughtless, ill-conceived ideas.


  58. pastcaring says:

    What drugs is Failin’ Palin on…I mean really tho…in her world it appears what’s good for the goose ain’t good for the gander…


  59. Dig Dug says:

    missmolly says:

    ——————————————————————————–

    Does this woman have any idea what she’s talking about?

    Does she really believe that Jews are relocating to Israel at an alarming rate? My research shows that if anything, Jewish immigration to Israel is declining slightly.

    I think her comment about how people will be “moving there in the coming weeks and months” is a referenece to the End Times. Many christians believe we are already in the End Times, and Armaggeddon is just around the corner.


  60. smartalek says:

    “In addition to violating Israel’s obligations under international law, the settlements are a major source of anger and frustration for Palestinians, and one of the main drivers of extremism and violence among both Palestinians and Israelis.”

    Not to mention providing Islamist radicals and repressive regimes in the MidEast and elsewhere with a substantial distraction from their own failures and an incitement to hostility to the West in general, and the US in particular.
    I trust it’s obvious that there’s nothing that the US (or Israel) has ever done that would validate the 9/11 attacks, or any of the other terrorist acts perpetrated against the West over the last few decades. But it sure wouldn’t help if we were to deliberately support one of the least defensible policies of the Likudniks.


  61. georgewalton says:

    If only…

    Walters:

    Ms Palin, when Jesus returns to settle old scores what will happen to the Jews in Israel who refuse to accept Christ as their Savior?

    Palin:

    They will be Left Behind, of course. And, I suppose, burn in Hell for eternity.


  62. missmolly says:

    Dig Dug says
    November 18th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    I think her comment about how people will be “moving there in the coming weeks and months” is a referenece to the End Times. Many christians believe we are already in the End Times, and Armaggeddon is just around the corner.
    _____________________________________________________________

    O…M…G…

    I hadn’t even considered this scenario. I wouldn’t have thought that even Sarah Palin would craft foreign policy around the “Left Behind” series.

    I don’t know which is scarier — that? Or the fact that there are a lot of people out there who think she’s right?


  63. EugeneDebs says:

    pags

    Also since it is a CLEAR violation of the fourth Geneva convention. We are not just a signitory of the Geneva convention but a high contracting party which obligate us to assure they are carried out


  64. noseeum says:

    caption, McCain, in background...

    “Hi! Remember me?!”


  65. noseeum says:

    Life on earth will be so much more peaceful when we are the
    left behind.


  66. cynatnite says:

    Is it too much to ask for Barbara Walters to know that Obama policy has been US policy for decades…even the almighty Raygun had the same policy.

    So why not expose her for the idiot she is by blasting her out of the water?

    I’m starting to wonder if there is such a thing as journalistic integrity.


  67. pastcaring says:

    noseeum says:

    Life on earth will be so much more peaceful when we are the
    left behind.

    I can’t help wondering if the whole psycho-armaggeddon (end of life as they know it) thingy they fantasize about will only pertain to them…the rest of us will be able to breath freely at that point.


  68. lux says:

    I don’t think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand.

    THEY ARE AN OCCUPYING COUNTRY.

    I can’t get over this -

    and maybe we should send over some pilgrims to Iraq / Afghanistan while we’re at it? I’m sure they won’t mind.

    #$^%


  69. Hoodathunk says:

    Let us go with the idea of what would happen if both the Israelis and the Palestinians laid down their arms. Where would the Middle East (and the world in general) be if the US wasn’t supplying the lion share of the guns and armaments that allow people to decide, I don’t have to talk, I have a rocket launcher.


  70. noseeum says:

    another caption… (sorry)

    Palin: “So nice to meet you, Mr.. uh.. uh.. Israelman!”
    Isreali: “You’re the gun lady, yes? You like the guns?”


  71. noseeum says:

    pastcaring says:
    “I can’t help wondering if the whole psycho-armaggeddon (end of life as they know it) thingy they fantasize about will only pertain to them…the rest of us will be able to breath freely at that point.”

    That’s my creative visualization.
    :)


  72. pastcaring says:

    noseeum says:

    That’s my creative visualization.
    :)

    That’s my hope for things unseen…


  73. RUCerious says:

    It would appear that all the time and energy she spent on getting protection from witches and such has failed.


  74. conservative guy says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  75. Pilotshark says:

    Stupidly should cause pain, and more stupid more the pain.

    shaking my head>>> well if there is or was a god i bet he has slid off to try again on another planet cause he`s mad he F-ed this one up by putting these for god wacko jobs and letting them get way out of hand.


  76. Virtual Pebble says:

    @ 27. indi1216 says: Mr Duke…you seem to miss the part that the land belonged to the Palestinians for centuries till of course we stick the Israelis over there and make them a country. November 18th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Duke’s just a dingleberry on Blimpo’s backside, but…

    I wouldn’t say the land belonged to the Palestinians. In the day to day sense, perhaps; each village had it’s common areas and various people had orchards and fields but I don’t know that land tenure, real estate ownership, was established in quite the way it is in the US and Europe.

    In terms of land policy, there are several historical influences, starting with the Roman Empire, which held the area until around the 7th Century and the arrival of Islam. Then Crusaders came into the area in about the 11th century and held on for some time, and were superceded by the Ottoman Empire, which held the area up until the end of World War I, after which the Brits had it until 1948, when the current mess really got going.

    Land tenure and policy ought to be in the hands of the Palestinians, but the Israelis have to pull back to the pre-67 border first. The settlements have been illegal from the get-go, as has been the Israeli annexation policy.


  77. mary lacewing says:

    Dig Dug says:

    I think her comment about how people will be “moving there in the coming weeks and months” is a referenece to the End Times.

    That was my first thought too when I read that sentence.

    Very scary. We need to keep her and Huckabee away from the big red button!


  78. Doom Siren says:

    The only thing Palin needs to have expand is her IQ. If it shrinks any smaller, she’s gonna need a microscope to check the number.


  79. Badger says:

    cynatnite says:

    “So why not expose her for the idiot she is by blasting her out of the water?”

    I Absolutely Agree! I wish the press could be sued for Malpractise.

    According to the latest Gallup Poll, more Republicans would consider voting for Palin, than think she’s Qualified to be President.

    WTF!?

    This is the fault of the press, and interviews like Barbara Walter’s latest.


  80. pags2 says:

    EugeneDebs says:
    pags

    Also since it is a CLEAR violation of the fourth Geneva convention.

    The situations is not clear cut because there are legal issues relating to the Palestinian state which has never existed. International law is pretty murky. What is clear is our subsidies to Israel which is intransigent about the peace process and the lack of unity of Palestinians. Obama has tried to make it clear that the settlements must stop and the peace process move forward. There will be repercussions if the Israelis refuse to budge on the settlements and the Palestinians do not have a unity government. Continued stalemate is not an option. After 60+ years it is time for this to be resolved because the lack of a settlement is hurting our ability to conduct foreign affairs with Muslim nations. It also fuels extremism.


  81. drago says:

    More proof that Palin is a fcking idiot, but we knew that already.

    More proof that the MSM are fcking idiots for letting that fcking idiot have a platform.

    Idiots.


  82. tombaker says:

    with a support base consisting of utter morans, bible spice don’t need to worry about no “conversions” or no “treaties” – why are we giving treats to foreigners anyway, right??

    and who the f is this “Geneva”, and who made her boss?


  83. bluesunflower says:

    Ten bucks she’s saying this only because it’s a contrary opinion to Obama, and she really doesn’t know the issues.

    She probably thinks the Palestinian-occupied land is actually *Israel* land that Palestines just happen to live in. Kinda like how the Native Americans just happened to live on *our* land, so it was okay for us to expand our “settlements” as well.


  84. pete says:

    Against all odds, she just keeps saying stupider things every time she opens her mouth.


  85. fergus says:

    Hey, c’mon. That was a loaded question. She was asked if she agrees with the Obama administration’s stance on Israeli settlements. Of course, she is going to disagree. If Obama said that he had decided on Cheerios for breakfast, SillySarah would say he made a bad decision and that he should have chosen Wheaties. There is nothing President Obama will do that she will agree with. She would even disagree with Obama if he said her kids were cute.


  86. happycozy says:

    And where does Mrs. Palin propose we put the Palestinians? I mean their population is growing too.


  87. chibigodzilla says:

    I don’t think it’s really an intentional distinction, but Walters asks about Israeli settlements and Palin says Jewish settlements.


  88. DallasNE says:

    Someone should ask Palin if she is in favor of Alaska invading part of Canada then building American settlements inside Canada. She would probably call that hypothetical to duck the question but it would be an identical proposition.


  89. tom says:

    Sarah Quaylin: “Israel? Is that a continent or a country?”


  90. Xisithrus says:

    Its a safe bet that Palin is just parroting what her ghostwriter wrote for her.

    And not the opposite [What they want people to believe] that Palin dictated to Lynn Vincent what to write.


  91. Xisithrus says:

    And factually, her talk of people moving to Israel, not so much. The Jewish population is dropping as they assimilate into western society.


  92. Badger1 says:

    PALIN: I disagree with the Obama administration on that. I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow.
    ————————————————————-
    Walters should have followed up with asking if she feels the same about Mexicans moving into this Country.
    By the way sweety(Palin), you don’t gain Israeli street cred when you refer to them as “Hay-sead-ick” Jews!


  93. dbadass says:

    Does old still finding himself SamJoe still not matter?


  94. wiley says:

    Anytime an evangelical talks about Israel, it’s about End Times.


  95. J. Fred Smug says:

    This is exactly what happens when you give a microphone to a crazy FUNDAMENTALIST (she’s WAY beyond Evangelical, people) “Christian” who also happens to be a delusional egomaniac. I was raised around people like her.

    Thanks a lot, John McCain.


  96. DavidHart says:

    Palin is making Tom Cruise look both sane and smart.


  97. katy says:

    More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead.

    ahead of what?

    is this some end times prophecy? what does she think she knows?


  98. rj1008 says:

    I would rather take seriously the views of a porn star on Israel-Palestine issue rather than this moron. She is garbage and I don’t know why she is everywhere and why every media outlet is reporting the trash coming out her mouth. It’s actually very demeaning to even read what she had to say on any issue.


  99. pete says:

    J. Fred Smug,

    I think I would take it one step further and call her an extremist. She actually had a witch-hunter cast spells over her as protection from witches, demons, and all other spirits.


  100. tarazan says:

    Sarah to Barbara:
    ” You know, I was on the phone with Joe The Plumber before you came,and as you know he became an expert on Middle Eastern affairs, due to his last years reporting visit from the Middle East,and that’s what he advised me to say,and if I win,he will be one of my top advisors,so we can wrench it out together”.


  101. EugeneDebs says:

    pags I disagree. They are CALLED the occupied territories. There is no DISPUTE Israel IS occupying them and therefor IS an occupying power. It is also quite clear that the GC FORBIDS occupying powers to build settlements. I dont see the gray area you are talking about


  102. delafield says:

    Osama bin Laden said that the #1 reason why he attacked the United States on 9/11 was America’s support for Israel’s Holocaust against Palsestinian refugees in Gaza and the West Bank.



  103. DocSampson says:

    Being an American Jew, this quote makes me sick to stomach. Reading this, I have to wonder – Has Sarah Palin ever met a jew before? Could she find Israel on a map of the world? Could she find Israel on a map of the Middle East?


  104. LizCoro says:

    ” . . because that population of Israel is, is going to grow.”
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Politics aside:

    SOOOOooo because a certain segment of people continually breed according to their religious beliefs, other segments of people must MOVE. Is this what this woman is saying??

    Wouldn’t have anything to do with the ‘rapture’ would it??


  105. republicanSScareme says:

    I’m glad to see that Ms. Palin has announced that she is a servant of the Jews. As if we needed any other reasons to think she was retarded.


  106. republicanSScareme says:

    Question: When will Shimon Peres announce that he thinks Sarah Palin is one of the intellectual giants of our time? The winner receives a free, fun filled trip to Auschwitz.


  107. fergus says:

    rj1008 says:

    ——————————————————————————–

    I would rather take seriously the views of a porn star on Israel-Palestine issue rather than this moron.

    I hadn’t heard that Carrie Prejean had given an opinion on this topic, but, I’m sure that if she had, it wouldn’t be too much different from Bible Spice.


  108. tantrictim says:

    islamaphobia is alive and well in the repubican party aided and abetted by jewish neoncons like kristol ,goldberg, lieberman, et.al…if there is ever to be peace in the middle east, the usa must be viewed as an honest broker, and this bimbo has just set back any gains that obama has made in the past year with his overtures to the muslim world



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