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| Mideast sliding into the darkness: Jordan king |
| 2009-10-09 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] The impasse in the Middle East peace process is sending the region back "into the darkness," Jordan's King Abdullah II said in an interview with an Israeli daily, parts of which were published Thursday. "We're sliding back into the darkness," Abdullah told the left-leaning Haaretz, which is due to run the entire interview on Friday. The monarch, who heads one of only two Arab countries to have signed a peace treaty with Israel, said that establishing a Palestinian state was key to a wider peace deal to end the decades-old Arab-Israeli conflict. "Is Israel going to be fortress Israel or is it going to be part of the neighborhood? Because if there is no two-state solution, what future do we all have together?" Years from now "Show me the future of Israel 10 years from now. Where do you want Israel to be vis-a-vis its relationship with Jordan and other Arab countries?" "I understand that you tend to live in the here and now. You are worried about the next threat. It is difficult for an Israeli to look into the future because of the security aspect. But if there is peace and stability, then people can look into the future." Abdullah also warned Israel to stop settlement activity in Arab east Jerusalem, which it captured in the 1967 Six Day War and annexed in a move not recognized by the international community. Jerusalem is "a tinderbox that will have a major flashpoint throughout the Islamic world," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 "Is Israel going to be fortress Israel or is it going to be part of the neighborhood? Because if there is no two-state solution, what future do we all have together?" King Ab old boy. Quit listening to that lovely Paleo bride of yours and read a bit of 'neighborhood' history ...period 1948 to present if you will. "Fortress Israel" indeed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker in Duitsland 2009-10-09 16:27 |
| #4 I have a mild, but real, expectation that damascus will glow in the dark, sometimes in the foreaseable future. Soon, please. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-10-09 16:22 |
| #3 It's the genes, Abdullah. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-10-09 05:23 |
| #2 We're sliding back into the darkness," Abdullah you never left my good buddy ... We have been trying for decades, no centuries , for you lot to see the light , unfortunatley , you are doomed to a life of self induced misery and hurt |
| Posted by: Oscar 2009-10-09 05:02 |
| #1 Hey Abdullah - isn't the definition of Islam - a state of darkness? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-10-09 02:33 |