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PA, Jordan deny confederacy rumors

2007-05-13

On the eve of Sunday's summit between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II, PA and Jordanian officials denied rumors according to which the kingdom is interested in a confederation with the Palestinians.

The summit, which will be held in Ramallah, marks the monarch's first visit to the PA territories since 2000. "Rumors about a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation are completely untrue," said chief PA negotiator Saeb Erekat. "We must not relate to these rumors at all. The Palestinians are working toward establishing an independent Palestinian state."

Erekat said the Abbas-Abdullah talks would focus on ways of reviving the Middle East peace process. "The Jordanian king has long been involved in efforts to revive the peace process and oblige Israel to [accept] the pre-1967 borders so that the Palestinians would be able to establish their won state with Jerusalem as its capital," he said. "The two leaders will discuss all possible ways to resume peace talks [with Israel] on the basis of United Nations resolutions, the road map and the Arab Peace Initiative."

Posted by:Fred

#11 Despite my use of the term "terrorists," I can't help but feel that this is a war against islam. Someone convince me that the war isn't against islam since everything I see points to that.

We are not yet at war with Islam. That we are not is on account of sheer stupidity. Islam has been at war with the West for many decades and we are total fools to have ignored it for this long. The tipping point is coming. Muslims simply will not rest until they have finally committed some sort of heinous atrocity that will enrage the West and see the entire MME (Muslim Middle East) turned into smoking glass. With each passing day of inaction the lack of total war against Islam brings this fateful nuclear scenario ever more closer. Islam's very nature ensures that it will have to be exterminated.

Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-13 19:49

#10 There is double-cross, triple cross, plot and counterplot in the world of islam. Makes Machiavelli look like a school child. There is one constant. As much as these muslims don't care about each other--they always come back to the Jewish people living in Israel. They are united in their desire to remove them from Israel one way or another. The 1967 war had just about all the surrounding arab nations attacking Israel. Today, things are not much different. Muslim nations curb their enthusiasm somewhat or at least hide it--probably because of the balancing force the U.S. provides and the spunky self-preservation of Israel. Stateless terrorist proxies basically do today what muslim nations did before. Israel and the U.S. should get into their roles as the little satan and big satan (muslim labels) with enthusiasm. Since we are in this war for a long time to come, we need to take it to them and send these terrorists to hell. Despite my use of the term "terrorists," I can't help but feel that this is a war against islam. Someone convince me that the war isn't against islam since everything I see points to that.

Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-13 19:25

#9 For the Hashemite kinglets, the West Bank has always been about recapturing lost territory -- they've never given so much as a thought to the welfare of the inhabitants. After years of Intifadas and such, the Palestinians have finally returned to the economic level they were accustomed to under King Abdullah II's predecessors. Quite a descent from being the wealthiest, best educated Arab population outside the oil countries -- and probably the best educated even when the oil countries are included -- because they lived under Israeli rule. Back in about 1965 Yasser Arafat's predecessor as head of the PLO/Al Fatah said that the liberation of the so-called Palestinian people was not his real interest; rather it was a ruse to enable the amalgamation of the cis-Jordan Arabs with their true nation, the Kingdom of Trans-Jordan.

Posted by: trailing wife 2007-05-13 18:15

#8 JohnQC---beat me to it! KA2, remember Black September term yer daddie dealt with? Better get that survival instinct out of slumber. With Paleos, yer gonna need it.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-05-13 14:05

#7 So why does Jordon want to jump in bed fleas now? It wasn't so long ago that the largest deaths of Palestinians occured when King Hussein of Jordon slaughtered more than a hundred thousand when Arafat attempted to overthrow his government.

Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-13 12:32

#6 No Canteens, pray to allah, he will provide.
(Huge Grin)

Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-05-13 12:26

#5 The Palestinians do not deserve any right of return to Israel. They deserve to be dropped off in the middle of some desert with just a couple of canteens of water.

Posted by: Fliter Munster4929 2007-05-13 03:11

#4 Pre 67 borders kills the negotiation before they start. These clowns are going to have to accept that the have blown any chance of that.

Posted by: Mike N. 2007-05-13 01:48

#3 I've long wondered when the Jordanian bedouins are going to lose patience with the now majority of Paleo refugees in Jordan, and encourage them to leave.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-05-13 00:36

#2 "The Jordanian king has long been involved in efforts to revive the peace process and oblige Israel to [accept] the pre-1967 borders so that the Palestinians would be able to establish their won state with Jerusalem as its capital,"

That's enough to nullify any and all accords. Palestinian acts at the Church of the Nativity FOREVER disqualified their right to have ANY say-so over Jerusalem. I'd sooner see the Saudis oversee Notre Dame cathedral.

Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-13 00:32

#1 Great- King Abdullah can pick up the tab for supporting these losers.

Posted by: Pappy 2007-05-13 00:15

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