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Arab governments call for full Israeli pullout to follow Gaza
AFP ^ | Aug. 15, 2005

Posted on 08/15/2005 1:05:54 PM PDT by Alouette

DUBAI (AFP) - Arab governments expressed the hope that Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip will be followed by the evacuation of other occupied Palestinian lands and the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas acknowledged the "historic and important" nature of the Israeli pullout from Gaza after 38 years but denounced an Israeli insistance it would keep hold of its West Bank settlement blocs.

Saudi Arabia "looks forward to the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip being a step followed by other steps toward withdrawal from all occupied Palestinian territories so the Palestinian people can build their state, with Jerusalem as its capital," said a statement issued after the weekly meeting of the Saudi cabinet in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.

"The cabinet affirmed the kingdom's commitment to the peace initiative put forward by ... King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz to the Arab summit held in Beirut in 2002 and adopted by the summit, thus becoming an Arab peace initiative," said the statement, carried by the official SPA news agency.

The Beirut meeting of Arab heads of state endorsed a blueprint, proposed by then Crown Prince Abdullah, offering Israel peace and normal ties in return for its withdrawal from occupied Arab lands.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud "hoped the withdrawal from Gaza constitutes the beginning of the recovery of all the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people", the ANI state news agency quoted him as telling Abbas in a telephone conversation.

For their part, the two Lebanese Shiite groups Amal and Hezbollah issued a joint statement saying "the routing of the Israeli enemy of Gaza is a high point in the long struggle of the Palestinian resistance".

They said the withdrawal "proves the effectiveness of resistance."

Jordan's King Abdullah reacted by urging Palestinians to pull together to prevent anyone from "hampering" Israel's withdrawal, an official statement quoted him as saying to Abbas.

The king also gave his "support to Palestinian Authority efforts to impose its authority on territory evacuated by Israel" calling the withdrawal "a positive step which must lead to a withdrawal from the West Bank".

In Kuwait, the cabinet voiced hope the Gaza pullout would be "the first step by Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and will be followed by other steps in compliance with relevant UN resolutions".

A statement cited by the official KUNA news agency said Kuwait also looked forward to the Gaza withdrawal leading to the revival of peace efforts on the basis of the internationally-backed "roadmap."

Bahrain's King Hamad congratulated Abbas in a telephone call on the Gaza pullout, saying he hoped it was "a step on the road to the establishment of a Palestinian state" with Jerusalem as its capital, the BNA news agency reported.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh similarly expressed hope that Israel will evacuate all occupied Palestinian and Arab territories and that an independent Palestinian state will be set up, Yemen's SABA news agency said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: everything; gaza; israel
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To: All

The only way to write peace in the middle east is with blood.

Victory equals peace.


41 posted on 08/15/2005 1:38:33 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: longtermmemmory

I call for Full Israeli bombing.


42 posted on 08/15/2005 1:43:42 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Pitchforks and Lanterns..with a smiley face!)
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To: sandbar

With tears in my eyes, I give Israel 20 years max...


43 posted on 08/15/2005 1:43:51 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Pray daily for our troops...)
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To: cripplecreek
Give em an inch!

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but when I see pictures of these people being uprooted, unwillingly, from their homes, I'm reminded of our Supreme Court. I don't keep up with Israeli politics though, and maybe these settlers didn't actually purchase the land, or have iron clad ownership rights. But still, the betrayal they feel at the hand of their own government, chills me to the bone.

44 posted on 08/15/2005 1:51:19 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: jamese777

That is wrong!

US has its enemies in her friends and her friends in the enemies....


45 posted on 08/15/2005 1:57:49 PM PDT by Khashayar (No Banana Allowed!)
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To: ArmyTeach
Before Israel goes anywhere, there will a huge number of glow in the dark camels walking around riderless.

Wasn't the pullout called for by the road map? I don't see anything that deviates from the plan.

It's a trap -- Israel pulls out, moves behind their wall, if the terror attacks resume, flat Palestinians. This way Israel takes the high road. The wall has proven to have a big effect on reducing walk-ins. Maybe we should consider building one along our southern border.
46 posted on 08/15/2005 2:01:17 PM PDT by Tarpon
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To: Alouette

Any display of weakness in the face of those who use terror to achieve their goals only results in more terror.

RR knew this, I think Sharon has simply lost his mind.

Or he is setting up the biggest kill zone since the first gulf war. http://deoxy.org/wc/warcrime.htm Please note there is a severe barf alert attached to this link.


47 posted on 08/15/2005 2:05:05 PM PDT by mmercier
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To: Alouette
I know that Sharon is not this stupid. Surely he realizes that the demands will escalate and snowball from here. This is just 'a first step'.

I hope he has a plan to checkmate, because the king is in check and the black pieces are in position.

48 posted on 08/15/2005 2:07:16 PM PDT by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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To: Owl_Eagle

Typical Bears fans.


49 posted on 08/15/2005 2:09:31 PM PDT by robomurph
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To: joebuck

I would say within 6 months, a year at the most.


50 posted on 08/15/2005 2:16:32 PM PDT by sport
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To: wmfights
I have said many times and as far back as twenty years ago that the only way to Israeli securety is if a wall is build around old Jerusalem and declear it an international city policed by UN troops, East Jerusalem to the Palestinians, and West Jerusalem to Isreal, a solid wall be put up around all of Isreal and all Palestinian that don't swear alegiance
to Isreal are expelled, and no palestinian day workers be admitted, and then, after a couple of hundred years has gone by, perhaps we can open the door a litle bit as a trail
51 posted on 08/15/2005 2:24:03 PM PDT by munin
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To: Alouette
There is a bright side to evacuating the Gaza strip. The "palestinians" will concentrate their terror base in Gaza and IDF can wipe it slick without fear of nailing Israeli citizens.
52 posted on 08/15/2005 2:24:38 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Alouette

The coming fight for Jerusalem will result in the Battle of Armagedon, just as the Bible has foretold it would.


53 posted on 08/15/2005 2:26:17 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Myrddin
IDF can wipe it slick without fear of nailing Israeli citizens.

I don't believe they will have the guts to do that, as Sharon is too eager to wipe his reputation as a "war criminal."

54 posted on 08/15/2005 2:27:32 PM PDT by Alouette (Yibaneh Beit HaMikdash bimera b'yamenu, v'ten helkeynu b'Torahtecha)
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To: Sender

"I know that Sharon is not this stupid. Surely he realizes that the demands will escalate and snowball from here. This is just 'a first step'.

I hope he has a plan to checkmate, because the king is in check and the black pieces are in position."

It is called leveling Gaza and pushing the Palis out to Egypt.


55 posted on 08/15/2005 2:32:23 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
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To: Alouette

Right, let’s get one thing straight. If there is ever going to be peace there, and ever going to be an end to the War on Terror, or Struggle against Naughty People (or whatever the heck it’s called now), this pullout needs to be done.

The Palestininians need a separate state. That will not fully placate the hardcore Palestinians, but it will stop some joining their ranks.

Whoever is under the impression that terrorism never pays is not actually living in the real world. The reality is it is a matter of not letting it pay off too much.


56 posted on 08/15/2005 2:33:28 PM PDT by FostersExport
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To: Alouette

I think too many people here are awfully quick to underestimate the Prime Minister. Only time will tell.


57 posted on 08/15/2005 2:41:23 PM PDT by anotherview ("Ignorance is the choice not to know" -Klaus Schulze)
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To: Alouette

I suppose the Arab governments are patiently waiting for Israel to pull out of...Israel? So, is Sharon giving up the country by degrees?


58 posted on 08/15/2005 2:42:39 PM PDT by T.Smith
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To: Alouette

What other "Palestinian" lands does Israel even occupy?


59 posted on 08/15/2005 2:44:54 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Alouette

Can't say that any of this surprises anyone here.


60 posted on 08/15/2005 2:46:58 PM PDT by conservativeteach
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