"Saudis to Join Mideast Talks; Syria Wavers" by MONA EL-NAGGAR and ISABEL KERSHNER
CAIRO, Nov. 23 — Arab leaders have taken the unusual step of uniting as one bloc — they are generally a politically divided lot.
Yeah, those Arabs they can't get their act together -- or so says the Zionist-controlled War Daily shit-spewer!
As the Iraq war continued and the region sank deeper into violence, Egyptian officials pressed the Bush White House to abandon its arms-length approach toward the Palestinian question and to hold talks that would focus on final status issues, like the capital of a Palestinian state. With this conference, the United States has tried to resume its role as a mediator between Israel and the Palestinians.
Ha!! A PREJUDICED and SUBSERVIENT "mediator" if there ever was one!
There is a saying in the Middle East, that there can not be war without Egypt — but there can not be peace without Syria. The Syrians know well the spoiler role they can play in the region and have used that as leverage.
What Zionist shit-spew! Yeah, Syria has all this leverage!
That why Israel dropped the bombs on them in early September?
There were talks taking place that left Arab League officials optimistic that Syria would be allowed to attend.
Oh, first they were being invited, then they were only be asked, now it is if they will be allowed!
I think we all know what little stinkstate is REALLY calling the shots here!
The distance between the sides appeared small: Syria wanted the item expressly put on the agenda, and the United States was willing to allow discussion of the Golan Heights, without putting it on the agenda.
They can't even agree on that! Pfft!
James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, hailed the Arab decision to participate.
“Staying away would have ensured the meeting’s failure. Coming gives the Arabs leverage to say to the Bush administration: ‘Do now what you didn’t do leading up to this.’”
Mr. Zogby said that Arab officials would now press the United States to try to wring concessions out of Israel.
Yeah, right! Good luck with that!
Israeli officials welcomed the decision by the other Arab countries to attend the meeting on Monday and Tuesday.
Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministry:
“Obviously, for the peace process to succeed, both Israelis and Arabs need to take bold steps. Attending the conference is important, and we would hope this is only a first step in larger and broader Arab involvement in the process.”
The arrogance of NaZionist Israelis always boggles my mind!
So outrageously over the top!
The Israeli government has said that renewed talks depended on Syria showing its willingness to stop supporting militant groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, and to take itself out of the Iranian orbit.
Syrian attendance at Annapolis will be seen in Jerusalem as an indication that Damascus has opted for the moderate camp, with the majority of the Arab League, over that of Iran and Hamas, Mr. Regev said.
Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, and much of the security establishment are said to favor a resumption of the Israeli-Syrian track.
Mr. Barak, in an interview in The Jerusalem Post on Friday:
"[Syrian participation at Annapolis would be] good for Israel. In principle it is important to keep the door open for the Syrians, so that when the time comes we will be able to negotiate with them.”
Just like 9/11 was "good for Israel," huh?
"On the day of the 9-11 attacks, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked what the attacks would mean for US-Israeli relations.
His quick reply was: "It's very good…….Well, it's not good, but it will generate immediate sympathy (for Israel)"
Israel is the most conceited, self-centerd, selfish nation I have ever seen!
And when is that time, Barak?
After you guys have attacked Lebanon again and cleansed the Palestinians?
Never trust a Zionist, folks!
"Saudi Arabia, other Arab nations to join US talks" by Salah Nasrawi/Associated Press November 24, 2007
CAIRO - In a sign of the skepticism about the talks, even among close US allies, the Saudi foreign minister cautioned that there would be no public handshakes with Israeli officials at the gathering Tuesday in Annapolis, Md.
Gee, and the Times made it sound like this thing was gonna be great!
Arab leaders made clear that they were on board in part to ensure that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas does not make any damaging concessions to Israel in any negotiations on a final peace deal. Israel has dangled the possibility of an accord as early as the end of 2008.
What garbage press!
Yeah, it's the Arabs who are blocking peace, and Israel whose offering it!
Try turning it around, assholes, then the report is correct!
Asked if Abbas has a free rein to negotiate a deal, Arab League chief Amr Moussa underlined that Arab countries would not back an agreement deal that did not meet an Arab peace plan calling for a return of all lands Israel seized in the 1967 war.
Then nothing is going to happen, 'cause Israel ain't gonna do that!
Moussa told reporters after the foreign ministers of the league's member states decided to go to Annapolis:
"I repeat again and again that we are governed by the Arab initiative in all behaviors and . . . and in our agreement to end the Arab-Israeli conflict."
Arab countries - particularly Saudi Arabia, which does not have diplomatic relations with Israel - have worried that the conference would corner them into a high-profile meeting with Israel without securing any commitments about the future shape of a peace deal.
That's what Israel wants! We'll see if they get it!
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Saud al-Faisal, said that while he was going to Annapolis, he would not join in any Arab-Israeli handshakes like those stage-managed by US officials at past conferences.
al-Faisal, after the meeting: "We are not prepared to take part in a theatrical show, in handshakes and meetings that don't express political positions. We are going with seriousness and we work on the same seriousness and credibility. I am not hiding any secret about the Saudi position. We were reluctant until today. And if not for the Arab consensus we felt today, we would not have decided to go."
Saudi Arabia wants the conference to produce a promise that negotiations will tackle the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - the borders of an independent Palestinian state, the status of Jerusalem, and the fate of Palestinian refugees. It also seeks a timetable for talks, a mechanism to ensure progress, and a commitment to the Arab peace plan."
That ain't gonna happen!
But the Arabs were unable to get any such promises on paper.
Israel won't abide by them anyway!
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said this week that negotiations would address the core issues and that a deal could be reached in 2008. But Israel opposes a formal timetable or a specific mention of the major issues in a joint declaration expected to be issued at Annapolis.
More Zionist bullshit!
Still Faisal said the Arabs were attending because they saw a real chance for peace:
"For the first time, we felt real seriousness [from Israel] -- not out of good intentions but out of real public opinion that they want real peace in the region."
Well, maybe the blogs are having an effect after all!
Of course, we all know the stinkshit Zionists would never do anything except for their own selfish reasons, not good intentions!
Either way, it is ABOUT FUCKING TIME!
The United States had pressured the kingdom to send Faisal rather than a lower-level figure.
Israel welcomed the news that Faisal would attend, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev calling it a "positive development."
Pfffft! They are just all going to be talking to themselves!
Saudi, Israel, and the U.S. on the same side in the Middle East!
Nevertheless, the shit Zionist War Dailies still editorialize:
"Thinking Beyond Annapolis" by the New York Times
The invitations have been delivered and it looks as if there will indeed be an American-led conference next week in Annapolis to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After six years of neglecting the issue, President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are to be commended for finally trying.
Pffffft! Sigh!
The Americans have not been getting anything close to the help they need. Many of the key Arab states — most notably Saudi Arabia — spent weeks playing coy about whether they would attend and whom they would send. Finally, the Saudi foreign minister confirmed yesterday that he would be there.
It is no surprise that even moderate Arab leaders do not have much confidence in either Ms. Rice’s diplomatic skills or Mr. Bush’s willingness to press the Israelis to compromise. Israel needs to know that if it is serious about an agreement, it will be welcomed in from the cold.
The pro-Israel bias is absolutely stunning to me!
This is why the Times has been totally discredited!
The White House showed unexpected flexibility, inviting Syria to attend. If Damascus wants to be a player in the region, rather than a satellite of Iran, it needs to come and be willing to help. Hamas, the Islamic faction that seized Gaza last June from Mr. Abbas’s Fatah forces, did not get an invitation. It is still refusing to accept Israel’s right to exist. A productive meeting, with a high-powered Arab guest list, might prompt Hamas’s leaders to rethink their obstructionism, or Gaza’s residents to rethink their support for Hamas.
Yeah, or Israel will shut off all the electricity.
By the way, where is that story in this shitbag paper?
Pfffffttttttt!!!!!!!
Israel has moved to bolster Mr. Abbas ahead of Annapolis, releasing some Palestinian prisoners, approving the shipment of ammunition and armored trucks to Mr. Abbas’s security forces in the West Bank and once again promising to halt new Jewish settlements — all welcome steps.
And all Israeli lies we've heard before!
To be credible, the conference needs to begin serious, detailed and sustained talks on the core issues: the borders of a Palestinian state, the fate of refugees, the future of Jerusalem and a guarantee for Israel’s legitimate security concerns.
And what about Palestinian concerns, assholes?
The best way to move forward is for the conference to produce a document laying out agreed parameters and a timetable for negotiations.
In other words, do what Israel wants! Pffft!
President Bush is to open the meeting with what we hope will be a precedent-setting speech. A conference that withers away once the TV cameras leave Annapolis could be worse than no conference at all."
That's what you are looking at, no matter how the GOVERNMENT PAPERS dress it up this coming week!
"A separate peace with Syria" by the Boston Globe November 24, 2007
TUESDAY'S PEACE conference in Annapolis, Md., may or may not lead to fruitful negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and Syria may or may not attend that conference. No matter what happens, Syria and Israel ought to be negotiating with each other.
Indeed, peace between these two nations may be easier to forge than a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The issues are simpler to resolve than those at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. And despite his heavy-handed conduct in Lebanon and Iraq, Syrian President Bashar Assad is more able than Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to deliver on a peace deal.
Oh my God! WHAT GARBAGE!!!!!
As if Israel never occupied Palestine or launched wars on Lebanon!
What a Zionist shit rag!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Plus, the strategic benefits of a deal between Syria and Israel may be not only more immediate but also more far-reaching.
Through back channels, the two governments have recently explored the possibility of a Syrian-Israeli negotiating track. Israelis in the know have said these tentative soundings went nowhere because of the Bush administration's recalcitrance. At first, the response from Washington was that Assad's defiance of American dictates in Iraq and Lebanon disqualified Syria as a negotiating partner. Then, President Bush let it be known that Israel could explore a dialogue with Syria, but that it would have to be strictly a duet - without any contribution from the United States.
Yeah, blame it on Bush. WhyTF did ISRAEL BOMB SYRIA then?!
So FUCK OFF, SHITTER PAPER!!!!!!!!!!
Predictably, Assad's response was that Syria had insufficient incentive to seek a peace accord with Israel alone. Assad, of course, needs to retrieve the Golan Heights, which Syria lost to Israel in the 1967 war. But as added compensation for a peace deal with Israel, he also wants the benefits of full acceptance by America.
Yeah, like Syria is the intransigent one!
FUCK OFF, ISRAEL, and FUCK YOUR SHIT PAPERS, TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For Israel, the United States, and those Arab regimes that seek to counter a perceived threat from Iran, Assad has a valuable card to offer: the option of subtracting Syria from an arc of Iranian influence that now stretches through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon. It is hard to exaggerate the strategic benefits of such a reconfiguration of the regional balance of power.
Yeah, all power politics surrounding the "peace" conference!
Hey, let's go to the "peace" conference so Israel can fuck us up the ass!!
FUCK OFF, SHITSTINK STATE!!!!!!!!!
This partly explains why Israel's intelligence agencies are recommending that Assad's hints of a willingness to talk peace - communicated through Turkish and Russian go-betweens - ought to be taken seriously. They think he wants peace and can deliver on any peace deal he strikes with Israel.
FUCK ISRAEL and their LYING INTEL AGENCIES!!!!!!!!
FUCK THEM!!!!!!!!!!!
An American president with strategic vision would come to the same conclusion. An Israeli-Syrian peace might reduce the regional threat from Tehran. And, by reducing support for militant armed groups in Lebanon and among the Palestinians, it could also, eventually, make it easier to bring about a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
Which is why it is never going to happen!!!
Why would Syria show up at this thing after the fucking Israelis bombed them some two months ago, huh?
So they can receive blasts of HOT ISRAELI FART MISTS in the face?
Pffffftttttt!!!!
Report: US will not force Israel's hand in Annapolis
"The United States has no intention of pressuring Israel into unexpected decisions at the upcoming peace conference in Annapolis, the Washington Post reported Saturday.
According to senior White House staffers quoted in the report, US President George W. Bush feels "the war on terror makes for a special bond between the US and Israel.
The president remains skeptical as to the Palestinians' ability to make the necessary concession for achieving peace," added the sources.On Wednesday, the day after the conference, Olmert will return to Washington for another meeting with Bush, this time regarding Iran and Syria.
Later next week Cheney and other senior White House officials are scheduled to meet with Israeli delegates for a series of discussion regarding the Iranian threat to the region."
This isn't going to be a peace conference!
This is cover so Israel and the U.S. can coordinate the attack on Iran!!!!!
