Atención al morro de los amiguetes saudíes:
speaking in Paris just hours before his scheduled arrival in the U.S., Prince Saud warned Israelis that they would have no peace until Israel withdrew from Arab territories captured in the 1967 war. Saud, who will be the highest ranking Saudi to ever attend a peace conference with the Jewish state, added that he would not shake the hand of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert or make a symbolic visit to Jerusalem before a peace deal. "The hand that has been extended to us has been a fist so far," he said. He warned Israelis against seeking a surrender, adding, "We don't need a Versailles for the Arab world, a peace that will only be an instigator of future wars."
What the Saudis Want from Annapolis - Yahoo! News
Dice el payoranger saudí que "no habrá paz hasta que Israel deje los territorios árabes capturados en la guerra de 1967". Pero vamos a ver, payoranger, que fuistes los del "Arab world" los que atacasteis Israel, muy probablemente inducidos por la Rusia soviética. Pues esto es como cuando éramos pequeñas: "Ahhh, se siente, con el c*lo calienteeeee". No haber atacado... Os arriesgasteis y perdisteis: la vida es dura, tu tabaco no debe serlo, como decía el anuncio de Nobel.
Continúa el súper-mega payoranger diciendo que "no dará la mano a Olmert o hará una visita simbólica a Jerusalén antes de un tratado de paz". Hombre, Olmert no es santo de mi devoción pero no creo que sea como para no darle la mano. También puedes llevarle una espada como ya hicisteis con el Papa.
Y en cuanto a la visita simbólica a Jerusalén, uff, qué asco pisar tierra judía ¿no?..
No soy nada optimista. PJM tampoco considera que pueda tener éxito. Bush sí lo es. El bloguero Jules Crittenden en Pajamas Media, también. Espero, como mis compañeros en Hyscience, que ellos tengan razón y nosotros estemos equivocados.
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Annapolis folly: Palestinian shopkeeper invites customers to smash souvenir mugs h/t Tailrank:
In a symbol of fragile hopes for this week’s Middle East peace conference at Annapolis, one Palestinian shopkeeper is selling souvenir mugs for the event — complete with instructions to smash them if talks break down.
Under a dove and olive branch motif, the mugs carry the message in English: “Please keep this souvenir, but in case of the conference’s failure; you are only asked to break the mug”.
"Por favor, conserve este souvenir, pero si la conferencia de paz es un fracaso, sólo se te pide que rompas esta taza". Leyenda de unas tazas que vende un palestino con ocasión de la cumbre.
From The Augean Stables:
The Annapolis conference has brought out the same voices who cling stubbornly to beliefs that were proven wrong by Oslo, Lebanon, and Gaza. These beliefs are based on faith in the face of facts- faith that the Palestinians want a normal, functioning democracy just like the Israelis, faith that a peace process will cause Palestinian leaders to relinquish dreams of Israel’s destruction, faith that Palestinian leaders’ actions and statements are not indicators of what their true intentions.
Bush pide que acabe el terrorismo ya sean israelíes o palestinos quienes lo cometan:
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," the statement said here.
Por increíble que parezca. Esto muestra una asquerosa equidistancia...
La última noticia es que tanto los israelíes como los palestinos han acordado alcanzar un acuerdo de paz en 2008. Hamas ha rechazado el acuerdo. Pues ya me dirán cómo va a haber paz si los que gobiernan la franja de Gaza dicen que el acuerdo fracasará y que ellos no forman parte de él... Tanto que hoy mismo la policía ha matado a un palestino en una manifestación al intentar domeñar a la multitud que se manifestaba contra la conferencia de Annapolis. h/t LGF.
Palestinian killed as police break up West Bank rallies.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian police killed one man in the West Bank on Tuesday as it broke up rallies against a US peace meeting, while Hamas supporters in Gaza rallied in force against the conference.
Palestinian security forces fired into the air and pummelled demonstrators with batons as they dispersed protests throughout the occupied West Bank against the meeting opening in the US city of Annapolis.
GP ha posteado algunas fotos:
Members of the Palestinian security forces scuffle with a protester during an anti-Annapolis rally in the West Bank city of Hebron November 27, 2007.
You know things are bad when you hear a West Bank protester compare the violence to Gaza. (Reuters)
Palestinian police officers beat a protester during clashes at a demonstration against the U.S.-sponsored Annapolis peace conference, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. (AP)
Otro gran conocido nuestro, el grupo extremista islamico, Hibz ut-Tahrir, también se ha manifestado contra la conferencia en Nablús y en Ramallah, con la asistencia de miles de personas.
Asi que estoy de acuerdo con Captain Ed h/t Sister Toldjah:
So will this conference finally find a resolution to the conflict? Will it even outline the path to such a resolution? Not unless the Arabs have finally resolved to live in peace with Israel. As Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis put it yesterday, the conflict is either existential or a border problem. If the latter, then this kind of conference makes sense, and should resolve the issues relatively quickly. If the former — if the Arabs simply cannot live with a Jewish state in the region — then all of the conferences in the world won’t solve the underlying problem.
Si los árabes no pueden vivir con un estado judío en la región, todas las conferencias del mundo no resolverán el problema que existe bajo la superficie.
O como dice John:
Sooner or later we’ll have to face the fact that the Israeli/Palestinian problem wouldn’t exist if the Arabs weren’t the leading exporters of terrorism in the world. When the stated goal of one group is the extinction of the other, expecting reasonable, honest discourse from them is a waste of time and energy.
Más pronto o más tarde tendremos que enfrentarnos al hecho de que el problema israelo-palestino no existiría si los árabes no fueran los líderes en la exportación de terrorismo en el mundo. Cuando el objetivo confesado de un grupo es la extinción de otro, esperar un discurso razonable y honesto de ellos es una pérdida de tiempo y de energía.
Pues eso: otra pérdida de tiempo precioso al no enfrentar lo que realmente existe.
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