Posted on 04/18/2009 6:54:26 AM PDT by tedbel
The peace process has not brought us one step closer to peace. Just the opposite, it has brought us closer to war. In fact the closest we have been since Israel’s dramatic victory in ‘67.
The Annapolis Summit promoted the last iteration of it without any success. If anything, it proved that the parties can’t agree on the terms. When pundits or diplomats argue that we know what the deal is, they ignore the fact that the parties can’t agree on it.
Avigdor Lieberman has rejected Annapolis and wants to return to the Roadmap notwithstanding that it went way beyond Resolution 242 of the UNSC and the Oslo Accords. It incorporates the settlement freeze as prescribed in the Mitchell Report, the security arrangements as set out in the Tenet Plan and the destination of a Palestinian state as set out in President Bush’s vision speech of 2002. In that speech, President Bush set out many preconditions to the creation of Palestine. But when the Quartet joined the Roadmap, they watered them down. The Roadmap reduced Israel’s rights to Judea and Samaria and to Jerusalem. It also recited the newly announced Saudi Plan. Israel accepted it with fourteen reservations and the U.S. promised to give them "serious consideration". Needless to say, that was the end of them. The reason that this bitter pill was swallowed by Israel then, and by Minister Lieberman now, is that the Roadmap demanded an end to violence and incitement and thus afforded a good defensive shield for Israel. Israel would not have to perform her obligations unless and until, the Arabs ended violence and incitement. Lieberman spelled it out in his maiden speech, [1]
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War is peace.
A New Look at the Middle East Peace Process
Beyond the Cusp | April 18, 2009 | Beyond the Cusp
Posted on 04/18/2009 1:58:21 PM PDT by bsaunders
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2232402/posts
Egypt Uncovers 5 Smuggling Tunnels Near Gaza Border
Ha’aretz | 4/18/09 | 4/18/09
Posted on 04/18/2009 10:35:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232310/posts
from the archives:
The Saudi Connection: How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network
The U.S. News & World Report | December 15, 2003 | David E. Kaplan
Posted on 12/06/2003 6:42:12 PM PST by quidnunc
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1035436/posts
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