[Thinkin' Gal]

Jordanian girls sing for peace in Palestine at St John Baptist Church in Amman, April 18, 2002. Hundreds of Moslems and Christians gathered to sing for Palestine in Amman, while Jordan's King Abdullah urged U.S. President George W. Bush during a telephone call on Thursday to pressure Israel to withdrew immediately from Palestinian cites and end the seige of President Yasser Arafat. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

[Alouette]

Jordan's efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people

Yeah, the little kinglet's old man sure set a stellar example back in 1970.

[Thinkin' Gal]

King Abdullah referred to the Beirut Arab summit meeting where, he said, the Arab leaders expressed their desire to have peace with Israel and establish normal ties with the Jewish state, saying that unless the Palestinian state is established such a desire cannot be fulfilled.

The desire of women? Ha.

[BlueLancer]

"...Edgar, a Methodist clergyman..."

It's good to be so constantly reminded about why I withdrew from the Methodist church so many years ago.

[steve-b]

the Palestinians are seeking independence and the establishment of their own state on their national soil.

The Palistinian Arabs were given a state in 1948. You may have heard of it. It's called "Jordan".

[Lent]

Hundreds of Moslems and Christians gathered to sing for Palestine

Yeah, sing for that entity called "Palestine" created by a pagan Roman emperor.

[OldFriend]

How about an accounting of the billions of dollars given to Arafat for the past fifty years. Swiss bank accounts don't help the refugees a bit.....but keeping the refugees in camps has given Arafat a living symbol of 'so called Israeli oppression'.

[Lanza]

Interesting. Jordan doesn't want the Pali's, Lebanon's PM said the refugees interupt the infrastructure there (or something like that). These Arab countries are rich beyond belief, but can't find a home for their fellow muslims? Hmm... what does that say about them and the Pali's? I think it is all about hating Jews and never giving up on driving them into the sea, regardless that some of their own live in squalor and suffer.

[IFly4Him]

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 2Cor 11:13-14

I think Abdullah is operating on autopilot...so to speak...

[RightWhale]

Why doesn't King Abdullah simply recognize the Palestinian state?