Posted on 13/04/07
Why the Arab peace initiative should not be rejected
Commenting on the 2002 Arab peace initiative, Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery once remarked, "Every international initiative designed to put an end to the conflict passes through three stages: denial, misrepresentation, liquidation." He said that was how "both Labour and Likud governments have succeeded in scuttling every peace plan put forward." Sure enough, the Saudi initiative put forward that year was quickly liquidated -- and followed by a military buildup in the Palestinian territories.
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