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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hosni warns of 'global terror' if Mideast peace talks fail
2010-10-06
[Haaretz] Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has warned that a failure in Israel-Paleostinian peace negotiations would lead to "violence and terrorism" across the world.
... as opposed to what we have now, which is... ummm... violence and terrorism across the world.
In an interview with the journal of the Egyptian armed forces, given to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, he said he has told several leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that "if the peace processor collapses, violence and terrorism will erupt in the Middle East and all over the world."
... which is currently in the throes of a smothering peace. Entire days, weeks, months go by without anybody exploding or assassinating somebody in the name of religion or politix or even fambly...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to convene his forum of top ministers Tuesday to discuss extending Israel's moratorium on West Bank settlement construction for another 60 days.
In return he will receive a reluctant restart to talks that are determined to go nowhere. Once the talks do restart Hamas and other Iranian surrogates will kill a few Hated Zionists™ in an attempt to derail them. The blood of that mother or mothers and her/their children will be on the hands of Bibi and George Mitchell and Hillary and the PLO. Of those, the PLO is not only used to having blood on it hands but proud of it. Hillary will blame the Republicans, possibly George Bush. Mitchell will ignore it because he's really a nonentity. And Netanyahu won't sleep well for a few months...
Israel initially halted construction for 10 months only, which ended on September 26. But the Paleostinians have said they would not continue the recently resumed negotiations unless Israel agreed to halt construction again. The B.O. regime has urged Israel to reconsider its rejection of this demand. The concession for a 60-day freeze would be in exchange for a series of U.S. guarantees regarding Israel's negotiations with the Paleostinians.
I have my own idea about what a B.O. "guarantee" is worth. "If you like your country you can keep it."
Netanyahu announced Monday that he was canceling a planned tour of the Jerusalem area in order to hold today's session. If he succeeds in convincing his seven top ministers to extend the freeze, he will bring the matter to a vote in the diplomatic-security cabinet later Tuesday.

Netanyahu will try to persuade the ministers to accept the guarantees the American administration has offered Israel in exchange for extending the construction freeze.
Posted by:Fred

#4  #2 - "Global terror" will occur if the Mideast peace talks fail. However, if the talks succeed, "Global terror" will merely continue as usual.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-10-06 21:40  

#3  ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-10-06 09:26  

#2  Don't we already have "global terror"?
Posted by: Water Modem   2010-10-06 01:46  

#1  I've read suggestions that Egypt and Saudi Arabia and all do not want de facto President Abbas to screw things up by walking away from the talks just when things with Iran are getting touchy. After all, they need Israel to take care of the problem for them.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-10-06 00:59  

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