Iran yesterday blasted the roadmap as an unworkable ânew hardshipâ for Arabs and Palestinians. âThe road map is a new hardship for Arab countries and Palestinians, and, considering the Zionist regimeâs policies, the execution of this plan is not possible,â Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Assefi said.
| "Bring us a plan!" they kept whining. "We want our own state!" Now they've got a plan, that'll lead to their own misbegotten state, and they don't like it. |
A hard-line Iranian paper also labeled the plan a âroadmap to nowhereâ, and called on Palestinians to reject the internationally-sponsored peace plan and continue armed resistance. Kayhan newspaper said the hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs acceptance of the plan was a âtactical moveâ to buy time for a state it said was âan illegal entity that ought not to exist on the map of the Middle Eastâ.
| Kind of hard to roadmap your way around that attitude, isn't it? |
âThe roadmap has nothing to offer and leads nowhere. All it seeks is to legitimize the occupation of Palestine by the Zionist migrants from Europe,â the paper said. |