Posted on 11/28/2006 5:01:53 AM PST by Alouette
Ahead of meeting US President Bush Wednesday, Jordanian king calls for renewed efforts to revive peace talks, but says his country won't accept any settlement that causes influx of Palestinians
Associated Press Published: 11.28.06, 13:57
Jordan's King Abdullah II called for renewed efforts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a speech Tuesday, a day before he meets the US President, but he warned Jordan would not accept a deal that causes an influx of Palestinians.
In a speech to open parliament, the king indicated that in his talks with President George W. Bush in Amman, he would underline the need for America to push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, describing their dispute as the "core" issue of the Middle East.
"Jordan will not accept an unjust settlement of the issue, nor will Jordan accept any settlement that comes at its expense," Abdullah told lawmakers, who applauded loudly.
The king did not elaborate, but he was referring to Jordanian fears of a settlement that would cause thousands of Palestinians to settle in the kingdom, upsetting the country's delicate demographic balance.
Roughly half of Jordan's 5.5 million population consists of Palestinian families who fled, or were driven out of, their homes in the 1948 and 1967 Arab-Israeli wars.
"My government commits itself to offering all possible support to the Palestinians, so they can regain their rights and establish their independent state on Palestinian soil," the king said in a speech outlining his domestic and foreign policies.
He said the solution to the Palestinian conflict must be based on UN Security Council resolutions and existing peace agreements.
King's agenda
Bush arrives in Jordan on Wednesday for two days of talks with Abdullah and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. His talks are expected to focus on proposals to curb the sectarian strife in Iraq, which threatens to become a civil war.
But the king has a slightly different agenda. He wants the United States to apply an equal amount of diplomatic energy to reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which has been stalemated since 2000.
The king has repeatedly warned that the Palestinian conflict is fueling anti-American and anti-Israeli sentiments among Muslims everywhere. It is also fueling Islamic militancy, such as that seen in Iraq, which lies across Jordan's eastern border.
The king is expected to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas either later Tuesday or early Wednesday, and is believed to be trying to arrange talks between Abbas and Bush - an effort that underscores his resolve to make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Abdullah warned Sunday that the Middle East was on the threshold of three civil wars.
"We could possibly imagine going into 2007 and having three civil wars on our hands," He told the US Television program "This Week," Referring to the conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon and between the Palestinians and Israelis.
What ethnic "demographic" is the little kinglet worried about? Jordan is 100% Arab. When Israel expresses concerns about its "delicate demographic balance" it's accused of all kinds of things from apartheid to ethnic cleansing.
Tell me again, how did this little shmuck become a "king" and how long has the "royal family" been ruling over their little "kingdom"?
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Jordan is Palestine.
What he is saying is that he dosnt want this trash in his country. Personally I think he is right on.
The last thing any country needs is immigration from people who dont want to work and enjoy watching their Grandmothers get blown to hell with a suicide belt.
He sounds to me like he knows the trash he would be dealing with,and doesnt want it no way ,no how,
Even the Arabs are smart enough to reject this sect of lazy, useless, inbred, Hatfields and McCoys.
The core of the murderous rages in the middle east have very little to do with Israel. The Sunni's killing Shiites is all about Israel??????????? NOT
Jordan doesn't want the murderous palestinians in their midst. They have a long history of bloody revolt in Jordan. If you knew your history you would know exactly why the palestinians are not welcome on Jordan.
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Give the "Palestinians" a chunk of Anarctica. Let them declare jihad on the penguins.
I was once told by an Arab that the Palestinians are considered by the Arab world as sub-humans, fit only for cannon fodder.
He knows from experience.
exactly
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There, now you have the non politicaly correct reality of Arabian politics. Jordan's Arabs are ruled by a branch of the Saudi Royal family, who stole the land from both the Arabs and the Jews. The local Arabs Hate them with a passion, along with the Jews, Americans or a passing butterfly.
Because hate is all they do, and killing is all they know.
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