Post by Paddy by Grace on May 12, 2009 6:44:28 GMT -7
Muslim nations 'would recognise Israel' in peace deal
Just in case There are some new readers that have never heard of "al-Taquiyya", I would encourage you to read THIS before reading the headline story
Paddy
Never trust a Muslim...they are allowed to lie!!
Muhammad said: "Lying is wrong, *except in three things: the lie of a man to his wife to make her content with him; a lie to an enemy, for **war is deception; or a lie to settle trouble between people" (Ahmad, 6.459. H).
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/11/jordan-abdullah-israel-palestinians-peace
Muslim nations 'would recognise Israel' in peace deal
US is putting together sweeping package, says King Abdullah of Jordan, warning of war within 18 months if talks don't progress
Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 May 2009 10.26 BST
Article history
Jordan's King Abdullah has said the US is preparing an ambitious Middle East peace plan between Israel, the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon in return for diplomatic recognition of Israel from the world's Muslim nations.
Abdullah told the Times that on offer for Israel was a "57-state solution" in which the entire Arab and Muslim world would recognise its existence.
"We are offering a third of the world to meet them with open arms," he said.
"The future is not the Jordan river or the Golan Heights or the Sinai, the future is Morocco in the Atlantic and Indonesia in the Pacific. That is the prize."
If the peace agreement failed there could be another war in the Middle East by next year, Abdullah said in an interview with the newspaper.
"If we delay our peace negotiations, then there is going to be another conflict between Arabs or Muslims and Israel in the next 12 to 18 months," he was quoted as saying.
Barack Obama has promised to "actively and aggressively seek" a lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians but has so far revealed few of the details.
Now diplomacy is accelerating, with the new Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, due to meet Obama next Monday.
In early June, Obama will give a major address to the Muslim world in Cairo. Some believe a Middle East peace conference could follow this summer.
Any deal would require a dramatic shift in direction from the Israeli government and probably strong US pressure on Israel to make that happen.
Netanyahu, who heads a rightwing cabinet, has stopped short of endorsing a Palestinian state, or even the two-state solution that remains the basis for any peace agreement with the Palestinians. He has insisted Israel will not give up the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in 1967.
According to the Times, Abdullah discussed the proposal with Obama last month and said it would involve Israel talking to the Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese at the same time in a "regional approach".
Some Israelis fear their government will come under heavy US pressure to soften its policies towards the Palestinians and other Arab neighbours.
So far Israel has been reluctant to take up even the Arab peace initiative, which offers diplomatic recognition from the Arab world in favour of an independent Palestinian state on the pre-1967 borders with a capital in east Jerusalem and an agreed settlement to the issue of Palestinian refugees.
Abdullah said Obama's credibility would "evaporate overnight" if nothing came of his meeting next week with Netanyahu.
Just in case There are some new readers that have never heard of "al-Taquiyya", I would encourage you to read THIS before reading the headline story
Paddy
Never trust a Muslim...they are allowed to lie!!
Muhammad said: "Lying is wrong, *except in three things: the lie of a man to his wife to make her content with him; a lie to an enemy, for **war is deception; or a lie to settle trouble between people" (Ahmad, 6.459. H).
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/11/jordan-abdullah-israel-palestinians-peace
Muslim nations 'would recognise Israel' in peace deal
US is putting together sweeping package, says King Abdullah of Jordan, warning of war within 18 months if talks don't progress
Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 May 2009 10.26 BST
Article history
Jordan's King Abdullah has said the US is preparing an ambitious Middle East peace plan between Israel, the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon in return for diplomatic recognition of Israel from the world's Muslim nations.
Abdullah told the Times that on offer for Israel was a "57-state solution" in which the entire Arab and Muslim world would recognise its existence.
"We are offering a third of the world to meet them with open arms," he said.
"The future is not the Jordan river or the Golan Heights or the Sinai, the future is Morocco in the Atlantic and Indonesia in the Pacific. That is the prize."
If the peace agreement failed there could be another war in the Middle East by next year, Abdullah said in an interview with the newspaper.
"If we delay our peace negotiations, then there is going to be another conflict between Arabs or Muslims and Israel in the next 12 to 18 months," he was quoted as saying.
Barack Obama has promised to "actively and aggressively seek" a lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians but has so far revealed few of the details.
Now diplomacy is accelerating, with the new Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, due to meet Obama next Monday.
In early June, Obama will give a major address to the Muslim world in Cairo. Some believe a Middle East peace conference could follow this summer.
Any deal would require a dramatic shift in direction from the Israeli government and probably strong US pressure on Israel to make that happen.
Netanyahu, who heads a rightwing cabinet, has stopped short of endorsing a Palestinian state, or even the two-state solution that remains the basis for any peace agreement with the Palestinians. He has insisted Israel will not give up the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in 1967.
According to the Times, Abdullah discussed the proposal with Obama last month and said it would involve Israel talking to the Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese at the same time in a "regional approach".
Some Israelis fear their government will come under heavy US pressure to soften its policies towards the Palestinians and other Arab neighbours.
So far Israel has been reluctant to take up even the Arab peace initiative, which offers diplomatic recognition from the Arab world in favour of an independent Palestinian state on the pre-1967 borders with a capital in east Jerusalem and an agreed settlement to the issue of Palestinian refugees.
Abdullah said Obama's credibility would "evaporate overnight" if nothing came of his meeting next week with Netanyahu.