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Palestinians urge roadmap execution
Palestinians had little other choice Friday than to call on the international community to speed up implementation of the peace roadmap after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened unilateral measures if the peace process continued to stall.
| Well, fancy that. Whoever expected that to happen? |
"We must intensify our efforts with the quartet to come up with timetable for the roadmap," said Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erekat. "We want the roadmap to be implemented the way it was adopted by the UN Security Council, and the quartet must devise a mechanism to oversee its implementation," said Erakat.
| "Yes. Make us do it. But don't go interfering in our internal affairs!" |
Sharon told a security conference near Tel Aviv Thursday that he would implement his own "disengagement plan" should the Palestinians not meet their commitments under the roadmap in the coming months. Unilateral measures would include the dismantlement of some Gaza settlements and the de facto annexation of parts of the West Bank, although the hawkish premier did not go into details. Palestinian communications minister Azzam al-Ahmad charged that Sharon wants to execute a roadmap devoid of any substance and one that reflects his own reservations.
| The Paleos used the one we came up with for toilet paper. Now they're bitching that Sharon is going to do as he pleases? What'd they expect us to do? Make them a better offer? |
"Sharon wants to impose his solution on the Palestinian people by applying his own vision and interpretation of the roadmap. For him, it means autonomy on 42 percent of the Palestinian territories. We asked the quartet ... and the Security Council which adopted it to take their full responsibilities in implementing the plan because they are the only instances that are entitled to interpret it."
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-12-20 |
