| Haaretz.com "Bush talks with Saudi, Egyptian leaders about Mideast peace" By Reuters On Friday, George W. Bush thanked King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for taking part in the recent conference on Iraq. According to the White House, the three also discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Bush talked to Abdullah about, "the effort to advance toward a Palestinian state and also peace between Israelis and Palestinians," said White House spokesman Tony Snow. Bush also spoke with Mubarak about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's upcoming trip to the Middle East. Egypt, Jordain and Saudi Arabia said this week that they will "seek a new push on an Arab peace plan with Israel at an Arab League summit later this month in Riyadh," the article says. The US and its allies are looking to push a Saudi initiative picked up in 2002, seeking for Israel to normalize relations with the Arab world in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal to the borders that existed before the Six Day War in 1967. | |
Once again, any negotiations prefaced on Israel retreating to the 1967 borders are totally unrealistic and pointless. That would require Israel to cede a HUGE amount of land to Arab control-- land they fought for and won, land they have inhabited and made useful, land that has contributed to agriculture and the economy, and probably most importantly, land that provides a physical, geographical shield, protecting Israel from its spiteful neighbors. Furthermore, the '67 borders take Jerusalem out of Israeli control-- something you'll be hard pressed to find an Israeli, Zionist or Jew to agree to. Giving this land into Arab control would only further galvanize the Arab world in their quest to remove Israel from the map. Israel has earned the right to the land it holds claim to, and while a Palestinian state could be a solution to the conflict, it should not be according to the 1967 borders. They didn't work then, and they definitely won't work now. | |
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