Barak: Israel giving serious thought to Saudi peace plan

oberliner

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Sun Oct-19-08 06:04 AM
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Barak: Israel giving serious thought to Saudi peace plan

Defense Minister and Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak said Sunday that Israeli leaders have been discussing pursuing a comprehensive Saudi peace plan, an initiative touted by the moderate Arab elements across the Middle East.

Barak told Army Radio on Sunday that with individual negotiations with Syria and the Palestinians making little headway, it may be time to pursue an overall peace deal for the region.

"There is room in the Israeli coalition for the Saudi initiative," he said. "We have a mutual interest with moderate Arab elements on the issues of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas."

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029855.html

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Sun Oct-19-08 08:06 AM
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1. I hope something comes of this!

It is a pity for the Palestinians that they seem unable to achieve sufficient unity for direct peace negotiations; as the Arab states, while mostly anti-Israel, are mostly not particularly pro-Palestinian. Ideally, all parties would be at the negotiating table! But any successful peace negotiations are likely to be better for Israel, Palestine and the whole region than the current mess.

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