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Jan 13 2008

Peace in the Middle-East

Posted by: admin in General

It would seem that Annapolis and the Bush tour of the Middle-East were just again much ado about nothing. What we have are just more group photos and more promises of a settlement in the near future. The only thing new was Bush’s call for a withdrawal by Israel from occupied Palestinian territory. This is reported in News Day as follows:

“There should be an end to the occupation that began in 1967,” Bush said in describing the opening point for peace negotiations. “The agreement must establish Palestine as a homeland for the Palestinian people, just as Israel is a homeland for the Jewish people. These negotiations must ensure that Israel has secure, recognized, and defensible borders. And they must ensure that the state of Palestine is viable, contiguous, sovereign and independent,” he said.

With these two war mongering nations which the Israeli and Palestinian leadership represent, I would however not get my hopes to high-up if I were Bush. The Israelis would much rather assassinate Ehud Olmert than allow him to broker such a deal with the Palestinians. They have done that to Yitzhak Rabin and they’ll do it again.

Traveling to Las Vegas in the US by bus, you reach a point where the road splits. Some people have to get off and continue their travel with another bus. Reaching this point on a tour some time back, the bus driver announced that those going in the other direction had to leave the bus and, added “Those going to Las Vegas, good luck”. Well, to the peace brokers in this dispute I say, good luck!

J.C.Grobler.

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