Report: Arab League to reject 'proximity talks' proposal unless US guarantees 'east' Jerusalem freeze
Earlier, I reported that Israel has agreed to a de facto building freeze in 'east' Jerusalem and that 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Now, there's a Syrian report that claims that approval may not be forthcoming.
The Arab League is expected to reject the Obama administration's proposal to begin indirect Middle East peace negotiations in the coming weeks, sources from the 22-state body Syria's Al-Watan daily on Tuesday.Business Week reports that the Arab League is holding out for a full freeze (not a de facto freeze) in 'east' Jerusalem guaranteed by the United States.
The league's Monitoring Committee for the Arab Peace Initiative is scheduled to meet on Saturday to vote on the proposal, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is unlikely to accept any offer for peace talks that does not meet the panel's approval.
The Arab League will only support new Middle East peace talks if the U.S. guarantees there is a freeze on Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, the spokesman for Secretary-General Amre Moussa said.What does a US guarantee mean? Do they want Obama to put US troops on the ground here to enforce it? That's insane. It sounds like the Arab League is taking advice from Samantha Power.
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“We have heard lots of stories about freezes,” Moussa’s spokesman, Hisham Youssef, said in phone interview. “We will wait for U.S. guarantees before deciding to support the talks.”
The Arab League endorsed peace talks on March 3, providing Abbas with political cover to take part. The next day, Israel announced expanded construction in east Jerusalem and negotiation plans evaporated.
“We were burned before and we don’t want to be burned again,” Youssef said.
UPDATE 5:25 PM
Eight of the factions represented in the 'Palestinian Authority' have also rejected the talks.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:35 PM
6 Comments:
Hi Carl.
Just mailed you:
"Despite the inevitable difficulties, so long as I am president, the United States will never waver in our pursuit of a two-state solution that ensures the rights and security of both Israelis and Palestinians," he said.
Will....he said, she said is exactly the problem at hand. The reason Bush went bad on his campaign promise to sign the embassy act was exactly because of the East Jerusalem issue.
They are all liars. Not one could utter Jerusalem is the undivided capital of Israel....not even our best friend. What makes one liar worse then the other is the myth of friendship...worse, 'best friendship.'
We are suckers!!
Imagine though if our best friend REALLY was our best friend he would have signed the embassy act. If he did, the Jerusalem issue would not be so contentious today.
Of course the Palestinians need a viable, contiguous state which does not resemble swiss cheese... at any and all cost to my "best friend."
Forgive is one thing, forget is the problem.
Obama's obsession with getting a meaningless and downright dangerous peace agreement is sounding creepier every day.
His endless quest for bragging rights fuels him to do a tremendous amount of damage in the world, especially to the U.S. and to Israel.
What the Arabs really want is for Israel to declare a full de jure freeze on Jewish construction in Jerusalem. That's not a commitment any Israeli government can give. As predicted, Netanyahu's abject surrender to Obama has simply opened the floodgates to more Arab pressure.
What could go wrong indeed
There need to be consequences to 'palis' intransigence. Every rejection of sitting down and talking should result in 10% less land being discussed or negotiated for.
Let them scream to their lawyer, BHO. Every time he sticks his nose in, another 10% needs to be lopped off any deal.
There has to be a severe price to stupidity.
"Abbas, is a man of peace." Ditto, "Islam is the religion of peace. As for peace, "only a few wish to hijack it."
We wonder why we are in this situation??!!
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