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| Middle East |
| Arafat urges US, Egypt to make 'immediate' plans for peace conference |
| 2002-06-08 |
| Chairman-for-Life Yasser Arafat (1929-2002?) urged the United States and Egypt to make "immediate" plans for a Middle East peace conference. "Yo! Over here! They're shootin' at me again. Time to have a peace conference!" The Palestinian leader, whom Israel is urging be sidelined as a Middle East peace player, addressed the appeal to US President George W. Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who were set to start Friday a two-day summit at Camp David, north of Washington, on ideas to calm the troubled region. "I hope President Mubarak will discuss with President Bush how to immediately decide on a plan for an international peace conference," Arafat told reporters after attending weekly Muslim prayers at a mosque here. He said the peace conference should be based on the 1991 Madrid peace conference which started the peace process, various UN resolutions and "all the agreements (the Palestinians) have signed with Israel." And haven't kept. Y'don't think that might have contributed to the problem? "They must act very fast to rescue the peace because the peace in the Middle East has been damaged," he said. "And if they don't act fast one of those tank rounds is liable to blow a hole right through me!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |