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Israel PM: root of Palestinian conflict 'not territorial'
[Al Ahram] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said the root of the conflict with the Paleostinians was not about territory but about their refusal to recognise Israel as the Jewish state."The root of the conflict is not territorial. It started a long time before 1967," Netanyahu said in a meeting with foreign ministry officials. "The Paleostinians' lack of will to recognise the state of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people is the root of the conflict," he said. His remarks, which were communicated by a senior government source, appeared to be a reference to moves by the 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... to revive and modify its 2002 peace initiative. The Saudi-led proposal, which offers full diplomatic ties with the Arab world in exchange for Israel's withdrawal from land occupied during the 1967 Six-Day War, now includes a reference to the principle of mutually agreed land swaps, in a move hailed by Washington as "a very big step forward." Posted by: Fred 2013-05-02 |
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