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2003-05-24 Middle East

Palestinians welcome Sharon's acceptance of roadmap

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-05-24 10:53 am|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fouad Ajami writes in USNews.com:

"It may be the proper thing for America to take up the matter of Israel and the Palestinians; it may be a debt owed the stalwart British Prime Minister Tony Blair. But we should know the Arab world for what it is today and entertain no grand illusions about the gratitude the road map would deliver in Palestinian and Arab streets. We buy no friendship in Arab lands with pro-Palestinian diplomacy; we ward off no anti-American terrorism. There is no possibility the rancid anti-Americanism of Hosni Mubarak's Egypt would be assuaged with a big push for an Israeli-Palestinian settlement. The highest religious authority of that land, Sheik al Azhar Muhammad Tantawi, recently called the American-led coalition's effort against Saddam a "crusading war" and said that Muslims everywhere were obliged to take up arms against the 'invaders.' This kind of sentiment can never be stilled with a diplomatic effort on behalf of the Palestinians."

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-24 21:38:51|| 2003-05-24 21:38:51|| Front Page Top

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