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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Blair in Mid East Peace Moves
2004-03-02
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw were today meeting King Abdullah of Jordan and Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom to discuss efforts to revive the dead stalled Middle East peace process. High on the agenda will be the so-called security fence being constructed by the Israelis along the border with the West Bank in a bid to prevent suicide bomb attacks. The fence was yesterday defended by Mr Shalom during the first day of his visit to London, but has been attacked by Arab governments for calling the Paleostinians bluff cutting through Palestinian territory.

King Abdullah's visit is part of a tour of European capitals, including Dublin, Berlin and Paris, which Amman said was designed "to drum up international support to efforts designed to keep the West Bank Paleostinians from moving into Jordan put an end to the intense situation in the Palestinian areas and reinvigorate the stalled peace process".
"You think I want those lunatics in my country?"
Asked for Mr Blair's opinions on the security fence, the spokesman said that the answer to the Israeli/Palestinian question was to make political progress while at the same time addressing real security concerns.
"And that's as good an answer as you're going to get."
Posted by:Steve White

#4  No, Offa's Dyke was an English affair aimed at keeping out the British. Say what? -- the term "Briton" originally designated the Celtic-speakers of the island. When the Germanic Anglo-Saxons invaded, they called these Celts "Welsh," which simple meant "foreigner." Although pushed into the mountain fastness of Wales, these doughty Celts did a lot of raiding in "England" -- hence the dyke. The modern term "British," used to designate the English, Welsh, and Scots together, came about after the the entire island had been united politically in 1707.
Posted by: closet neo-con   2004-3-2 11:32:30 AM  

#3  "...Offa's Dyke was an entirely British affair."

...It was, till she went off to California to make it a legally sanctified relationship. ;)

The evidence, in terms of reduced violence, proves that the peace process is being bolstered with every block and every nail that goes into that fence. So much for "stalled"!
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-3-2 10:23:51 AM  

#2  The Brits need to look at their own history. You can't blame them for Hadrian's Wall, but Offa's Dyke was an entirely British affair.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-3-2 8:18:37 AM  

#1  Do you suppose the Brits would support pulling down the security fence surrounding Buckingham Palace???
Posted by: Garrison   2004-3-2 4:27:56 AM  

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