Posted on 08/24/2010 3:26:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
HERZLIYA, Israel – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Israelis and Palestinians Tuesday to bring serious proposals to a new round of peace talks set to start on Sept. 2.
Blair's comments come amid moves by both sides to lay out their starting positions since the new U.S.-backed talks were announced last week. Speaking at an Israeli academic conference, Blair said peace talks would only work if they address the main sticking points.
"There will be no successful negotiations unless all the final status issues are on the table," he said. "Proposals on these issues will be a litmus test of seriousness."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be negotiating with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who holds sway only in the West Bank, the territory squeezed between Israel and the Jordan River, excluding the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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F Bliar. He is largely responsible for the IslamiFication of the UK helped by Rupert Murdoch.
How about a chunk of lead behind the .. uhhh...
Nasrallah may get the hint.
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal prays after an open meeting with journalists about the Palestinian situatiright on, at Iftar meal (break fast meal) during the month of Ramadan in Damascus August 24, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri
Let me guess whose proposals will be judged “serious.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem offices on August 22, in Jerusalem. Israel must chose between "settlements or peace," Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat said on Monday ahead of the September 2 restart of negotiations in Washington.« Read less (AFP/Pool/File/Uriel Sinai)
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in the West Bank town of Ramallah, August 20. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he wants to "surprise the sceptics" by reaching a settlement with the Palestinians at revived US-sponsored direct peace talks next month. (AFP/File/Atef Safadi)
called on Israelis and Palestinians Tuesday to bring serious proposals to a new round of peace talksThat'll be difficult, since the only Palestinians are the Jews. Thanks NormsRevenge.
Peace in the middle east will come when there is a war, a major victory and the surrender of the loser.
Everything else in between is simply a delay of the inevitable.
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