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Kerry in particular pissed off Israel by insisting that Turkey and Qatar have a seat at the table of any peace discussions, despite neither being directly involved in the current conflict. Considering Turkey's anti-Israeli behavior since Edrogan took over, that one is a non-starter.

The reason for Turkey and Qatar having a seat at the discussions is because Israel refuses to negotiate directly with Hamas. The entire point of having peace discussions is that, at some point, you discuss things with people you don't already agree with.

If Israel categorically rejects any discussions with not only Hamas, but anyone who might not be sympathetic to Israel, then the entire exercise is pointless.

Refusing to discuss things with anyone but Egypt, which is run by a dictator who generally supports Israel's latter-day "Hell or Connacht" platform for Palestine, is a meaningless show.

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Posted by doubleb

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Posted on 7/28/14 at 12:45 pm to Iosh

I really don't know what there is to discuss.

As long as people are firing rockets into my country, it's time to fight and not stop til the people firing on us are killed or destroyed.

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Posted by teke184

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Posted on 7/28/14 at 12:47 pm to Iosh

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The reason for Turkey and Qatar having a seat at the discussions is because Israel refuses to negotiate directly with Hamas. The entire point of having peace discussions is that, at some point, you discuss things with people you don't already agree with.

A country whose leader acts toward Israel like Erdrogan does pretty much forfeits their right to get to the negotiating table with Israel on behalf of another party.

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Posted by trackfan

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Posted on 7/28/14 at 1:18 pm to Iosh

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The reason for Turkey and Qatar having a seat at the discussions is because Israel refuses to negotiate directly with Hamas. The entire point of having peace discussions is that, at some point, you discuss things with people you don't already agree with.

If Israel categorically rejects any discussions with not only Hamas, but anyone who might not be sympathetic to Israel, then the entire exercise is pointless.

Refusing to discuss things with anyone but Egypt, which is run by a dictator who generally supports Israel's latter-day "Hell or Connacht" platform for Palestine, is a meaningless show.

And before Morsi was overthrown, Israel would have refused to negotiate with them too.

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