Israel Asks Powell Not to Meet Geneva Pact Authors

Israel Asks Powell Not to Meet Geneva Pact Authors
VOA News
02 Dec 2003, 14:57 UTC


Israel has asked U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell not to meet the architects of an unofficial Middle East peace plan. Vice Premier Ehud Olmert tells Israel Radio such a meeting would be a mistake, and would not help the peace process.
U.S. officials say Mr. Powell is willing to meet later this week in Washington with the plan's co-authors, former Israeli minister Yossi Beilin and former Palestinian minister Yasser Abed Rabbo.

The State Department has called the initiative, known as the Geneva Accord, a "worthwhile" step. But it stopped short of endorsing the plan, saying the peace process can only advance in direct talks involving the Israeli government and the Palestinian leadership, as called for by the U.S.-backed road map peace plan.

Israel's government has denounced the unofficial accord, which was presented Monday in Geneva. The pact calls, among other things, for the creation of a Palestinian state in most of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and shared control of Jerusalem.

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Are the people who live in this part of the world "really" serious about peace?

Or are they all just socially retarded attention seekers?

I question Darwin's theory of evolution, and shake my head in wonder.

It is called self-determination, and it is what most nations are founded upon.

It goes something like this; God told me to go live in your house and beat you up if you don't like it.

The other side says; "Did not" and the other side says "Did too" "Did not" "Did too," , etc., etc., etc.

That's why God gave us Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson sex stories to take our minds off it... He can't stand it either

God told me to go live in your house and beat you up if you don't like it.

. . . is actually an excellent synopsis.

It goes something like this; God told me to go live in your house and beat you up if you don't like it.

The other side says; "Did not" and the other side says "Did too" "Did not" "Did too," , etc., etc., etc.

That's why God gave us Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson sex stories to take our minds off it... He can't stand it either