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| Sharon ready for peace talks: Mubarak | |
| 2004-02-01 | |
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has assured him he is ready to restart peace talks with the Palestinians, but that they were hesitant. He was recounting the hardline Israeli leader's telephone call to him to congratulate him on the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, marking the end of the annual pilgrimage to Makka. Mubarak has stepped up calls in recent days for renewed efforts to find a solution to the bloody and divisive 40-month-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians through a floundering US-backed peace blueprint known as the
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
#2 Time to plug the old peace processor back in and set it on "puree." Fred, too, too funny! Get the feeling that old Hosni is stuck between a rock and a hard place, i.e. between Israel and newly repentent Libya? Gotta love it. |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2004-2-1 2:47:51 AM |
| #1 And he believed 'em? Riiiiight... Which Palestinians did he talk to? "Hello, Mahmoud?" "Yeah, who's dis?" "It's Hosni, Mahmoud. Hosni Mubarak. From Egypt?" "Oh yeah. So whadda youse want?" "I want to tell you guys to go make peace with the Israelis." "G'wan!" "No, really, Mahmoud. You have to do it right away. Go and talk to them." "Who's dis really?" "(sigh)" |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-1 1:48:16 AM |