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| PA chairman urges US to map out peace plan |
| 2007-08-30 |
| Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned Wednesday that a US-sponsored international peace conference planned for November could fail if no plan for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was devised ahead of the meeting. Following closed-door talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman, Abbas told state-run Jordan Television that the proposed conference "lacked clarity." He said he did not know an official date, other than mid-November, for the conference and was unsure who would attend. "The third issue is related to the content of the meeting," Abbas said. "If we go to a conference without clarity on a solution and without a declaration of principles within the framework of a work plan, I don't think that the conference will be beneficial." On Tuesday, Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tackled the core issues that have tormented Mideast peacemakers for decades - Palestinian refugees, final borders and the fate of Jerusalem. It was the first time both leaders addressed such issues in depth and represented an important building block for the fall peace conference. In Amman on Wednesday, Abdullah discussed with Olmert in a telephone conversation the efforts to "push forward the peace process between Palestinians and Israelis," the official Petra news agency reported. It did not say if Abdullah's call to Olmert was after his meeting with Abbas. Abbas said he briefed Abdullah on his talks with Olmert and outlined the "daily hardships" facing the Palestinian people, including Israeli delays at checkpoints and prisoners held in Israeli jails. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 We're fresh out of maps. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2007-08-30 14:28 |
| #8 Nice sentiment Zen And one that can be achieved with conventional weapons quite readily. Abbas needs to have a gun held to his head until he understands that the only result of incessant Palestinian betrayal has been a voluntary forfeiture of everything they might once have hoped for. The Road Map is dead. It never really lived at all save in the hearts of some overly-generous and fatally optimistic Jews. The Palestinians have violated every single agreement willfully and repeatedly with such cheerful abandon that Israel is no longer under any obligation to respect any notion of statehood. The Two State concept has served only to needlessly prolong this agony and facilitate the murder of more Jews. The charade is over, this farce is at and end. Run down the curtain on this abortion of justice and evict all Palestinians from Israeli land without compensation or compassion. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-30 13:39 |
| #7 IIRC the plan is for the paleos to: renounce violence, recognize Israel and keep their promises. It's a good plan and should be stuck to until Pals fulfill all conditions. Until then, they can starve in the dark. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble 2007-08-30 13:25 |
| #6 1. stop terrorist attacks 2. concede the right of return in exchange for contiguous stretches of land of course there's more, but that's basically the lion's share of what they need to do. and it ain't a-gonna happen. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2007-08-30 11:48 |
| #5 We have a peace plan. It involves concrete actions on the part of the Palestinians. They haven't moved on any of them. So STFU. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-08-30 09:21 |
| #4 How about cutting all foreign funding so they have to work for a living and heve no more time and money for war? That is a peace plan. Happy? |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-08-30 09:12 |
| #3 Nice sentiment Zen, but there are two problems. (i) Prevailing winds. (ii) Lots of Jewish history is buried under Judean hills. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-08-30 08:53 |
| #2 Nice sentiment Zen, but there are two problems. (i) Prevailing winds. (ii) Lots of Jewish history is buried under Judean hills. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-08-30 08:53 |
| #1 PA chairman urges US to map out peace plan I've got'cher map, right here Mahmoud. Keep it up and you'll inherit the wind. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-30 00:39 |
