Text of Israeli-Palestinian Statement

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[ventanax5]

"We express our determination to bring an end to bloodshed, suffering and decades of conflict between our peoples; to usher in a new era of peace, based on freedom, security, justice, dignity, respect and mutual recognition; to propagate a culture of peace and nonviolence; to confront terrorism and incitement, whether committed by Palestinians or Israelis,"

What has happened to George Bush?

[cripplecreek]

I’ve been informed that I knew what I was getting when I voted for him. I’m voting much more carefully next time.

[aroundabout]

"What has happened to Geo Bush?""

Nothing except he sounds like a man who believes he has won and in winning can afford to be generous and upbeat. Sort of like a prize fighter who beats the crap out of his opponent and then says what a great fighter and fine man the opponent is and he hopes they can be future friends. Bush speaks from a position of power and authority and as far as I'm concerned it's about time.

[fish hawk]

Congress needs to pass the “No Legacy” law. People seem to get stupid when worrying about their legacy after office. (Carter, Clinton, and now Bush)

[3AngelaD]

Disgraceful exercise in moral equivalency. No good will come of this.

[Perdogg]

This is payback to UK/Blair for their help in Iraq. Bush knows that the requirements for a Palestinian state are so hard to meet, they are essentially illusionary.

[ventanax5]

If the terrorists would lay down their weapons, there would be no violence. If Israel would lay down its weapons, there would be no Israel.

[GunsareOK]

...I’m voting much more carefully next time....

A lesson learned for me too.

[bvw]

There is a certain and sad moral equivocation in his statement today 27 November 2007 that was NOT found in his courageous and comforting speeches in September 2001. Then he said

We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety. We have seen their kind before. They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions -- by abandoning every value except the will to power -- they follow in the path of fascism, Nazism, and totalitarianism.

That describes the "Palestinians". Has he forgotten, has he lost his heart?

[cripplecreek]

Meanwhile in the mideast “peace loving” palestinians are rioting over the peace summit half a world away.

[jmyrlefuller]

Self derangement syndrome.

[OB1kNOb]

to confront terrorism and incitement, whether committed by Palestinians or Israelis....

What a putrifying, morally reprehensible statement.

[chronic cough 420]

What has happened to George Bush?

What is that suppose to mean?

[N. Theknow]

Oh goody!

Another Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.

Cemeteries are full of the signatories of these things.

They are the only ones who know Middle East peace.

[samtheman]

Didn’t Bill Richardson call for this? Didn’t he say there should be a 2 state solution? Maybe the whole world is now listening to Bill Richardson.

[Sherman Logan]

There isn’t much to quibble at in the statement itself. If the Arabs really meant what they say a two-state solution could be quickly worked out.

But of course they don’t, and their true goal remains the destruction of Israel.

It is so odd that attorneys, diplomats, academics and the media have so much influence in our society. What these groups all have in common is a core belief that putting words on paper is actually accomplishing something.

[Sherman Logan]

The statement itself isn’t reprehensible, if read with no context.

[telebob]

Sounds like normal diplo-boilerplate to me. Freepers may want to see Bush hammer the Arabs hard core, old school but on the very small chance that this conference could lead to something, Bush has to play the angles.

Remember, there are a hell of a lot of Arab countries with
reps at this meeting. That is a major accomplishment in itself. Few of them love Israel. Most view Israel as the cause of all woe.

[ventanax5]

The following is a list of the heads of delegation as provided to us by the countries and organizations participating in the Annapolis Conference:

Description
Delegation
Title of Head of Delegation
Name

Parties
Israel
Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert

Palestinian Authority
President
Mahmud Abbas

Quartet
United States
President
George W. Bush

EU Commission
Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy
Benita Ferrero-Waldner

EU High Rep
High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
Javier Solana

EU President (Portugal)
Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs
Luis Amado

Russia
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sergey V. Lavrov

UNSYG
Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon

Quartet Representative
Middle East Envoy
Tony Blair

Arab League Follow-up Committee
Algeria
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Mourad Medelci

Bahrain
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

Egypt
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ahmed Aboul Gheit

Jordan
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Salaheddin Al-Bashir

Lebanon
Minister of Culture
Tarek Mitri

Morocco
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Taieb Fassi Fihri

Qatar
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmoud

Saudi Arabia
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Saud Al-Faisal

Sudan
Ambassador
John Ukec

Syria
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Fayssal Mekdad

Tunisia
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Abdelwahab Abdallah

Yemen
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Expatriate Affairs
Abu Bakr al-Qirbi

Arab League SYG
Secretary General
Amre Moussa

G-8, P-5
Canada
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Maxime Bernier

China
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yang Jiechi

France
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Bernard Kouchner

Germany
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Italy
Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Massimo D’Alema

Japan
Special Envoy for the Middle East
Tatsuo Arima

United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
David Miliband

Others
Austria

Brazil
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of State for External Relations
Ursula Plassnik

Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim

Denmark
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Per Stig Moeller

Greece
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dora Bakoyannis

India
Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
Shri Kapil Sibal

Indonesia
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Noer Hassan Wirajuda

Malaysia
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar

Mauritania
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine

Mexico
Under Secretary
Lourdes Aranda

Netherlands
Minister for European Affairs
Frans Timmermans

Norway
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jonas Gahr Store

OIC
Secretary General
Ekemelddin Ihsanoglu

Oman
Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs
Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla

Pakistan
Foreign Secretary
Riaz Mohammad Khan

Poland
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Radoslaw Sikorski

Senegal
Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio

Slovenia
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dimitrij Rupel

South Africa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma

Spain
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Miguel Angel Moratinos

Sweden
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Carl Bildt

Turkey
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief EU Negotiator
Ali Babacan

United Arab Emirates
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahayan

Vatican (Holy See)
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Special Envoy
Pietro Parolin

Observers
IMF
Managing Director
Dominique Strauss-Kahn

World Bank
President
Robert Zoellick

[ventanax5]

Like it has ever lead to something other than war when they appease the Arab world.

Maybe tell and speak the truth or is that just too insane of an idea.