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Arab League nod for Israel-Palestine land swap
[The Hindu] Arab countries have collectively agreed to accept an arrangement that would allow Israelis and Paleostinians to go ahead with land swaps to resolve differences, rather than strictly sticking to the pre-1967-war position.Speaking on behalf of the 22-nation Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... (AL), Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Al Thani, appeared to concede land swaps following a meeting in Washington of Arab officials and John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... , the U.S. Secretary of State, to promote Israeli-Paleostinian peace. The Washington initiative looked Mr. Kerry's brainchild. "The Arab League delegation affirmed that agreement should be based on the two-state solution on the basis of the 4th of June 1967 line, with the [possibility] of comparable and mutual agreed minor swap of the land," said Mr. Kerry after the meeting on Monday at Blair House, the U.S. President's guest house. The talks came after a "series of productive conversations by the Secretary to explore how we can best move regional peace efforts forward," said acting Deputy front man of the State Department Patrick Ventrell. The Israeli establishment seemed elated by the development. "This news is very positive," Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni told Army radio. She added: "It also gives a message to Israeli citizens: it is no longer just us ... talking with the Paleostinians, there is a group of Arab states who are saying: you reach an agreement with the Paleostinians and we will make peace with you, we will have normalisation with you." Posted by: Fred 2013-05-01 |
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