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Hamas: statehood Bush promised "vague, illusory"
2007-11-28
(Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesday described the Palestinian statehood which U.S. President George W. Bush has called for creating as "vague and illusory." Speaking at the opening of Annapolis peace conference, Bush said it was time for a new Palestinian statehood. "Bush did not clarify the boundaries of the Palestinian statehood and did not set a timetable for its creation," Salah al-Bardaweel, a spokesman for Hamas lawmakers, told reporters in Gaza. "Bush did not speak about the statehood's form, nature and the refugees and he did not specify the capital either."

Hamas understands from Bush's speech that the Palestinian statehood will not be created since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his men did not apply the security plans that aim at protecting Israel, according to al-Bardaweel. Annapolis conference was designated to trigger Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for final settlement. In his speech, Bush set Dec. 12 as the time to start the negotiation process.
Posted by:Fred

#3  The fact that the Arab League is there as well as Saudi Arabia, etc. shows that Hamas is currently on the sh**t list amongst the Arab ruling class.

I think you can trace it even farther back to some truly deep concerns about Iran. Tehran's proxies are just window dressing for the real issue of Iranian nukes. I'm confident that many of them realize how they cannot possibly build a nuclear arsenal, either in sufficient time nor without risking the same military intervention and economic ruin that Iran is headed straight towards.

Like it or not, I'll bet many of the less overtly hostile MME (Muslim Middle East) nations are beginning to consider the prospect of sheltering under America's nuclear umbrella in a much more favorable light. We need to make sure all of them submit to a round of very thorough and highly publicized ass-kissing with Unca Sam before they get to come in out of the rain.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-11-28 14:22  

#2  Although this conference will likely produce no substantive outcome, it has already produced one important symbolic outcome.

The fact that the Arab League is there as well as Saudi Arabia, etc. shows that Hamas is currently on the sh**t list amongst the Arab ruling class.
Posted by: mhw   2007-11-28 08:26  

#1  DRUDGEREPORT > BUSH: BATTLE UNDERWAY FOR FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST; + TOPIX > PREVENTING WORLD WAR III: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

*ION, RUMORMILLNEWS > UNCONFIRMED - NEIL BUSH DEAD IN CHINA?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-11-28 04:47  

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