Prince Saud Al-Faisal: No changes can be made in Arab Peace Plan

This is the punch line:

 

Concluding the conference, Prince Saud Al-Faisal rejected proposals by Israel that some changes should be drawn on the Arab peace initiative during the Arab summit in Riyadh, saying that Israel initially accepted the plan, but started to speak about conditioned agreement while the Arabs don't have conditions. We don't have a plan to negotiate a conditioned matter, he concluded.

"Take it or leave it." Since the plan would bring about the end of the Jewish state by flooding it with Palestinian refugees, it is not a peace plan. If it is not negotiable, then I guess we have to leave it. When did Israel "initially" accept the plan?

 

If that is the last word, then the "peace plan" hasn't a hope, and it is not a peace plan.

 

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Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Javier Solana hold press conference
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Riyadh, Mar. 13, SPA (Saudi Press Agency) -- Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, held here today a joint press conference.

Commencing the conference, Prince Saud welcomed Javier Solana and the accompanying delegation, and said "we held together today a consultation session where we discussed the developments in the Middle East. Javier Solana briefed us on the outcome of the recent EU summit meeting and his tour of the region during which he discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in addition to developments in Iraq and Lebanon as well as the nuclear issue."

Prince Saud also said "I would like to laud the positive attitude of the European Union to express their support for the issues of the region, their efforts to contain the region's crisis and their readiness to support the countries of the region to find peaceful solutions to these problems and achieve security and stability".

"I would like to commend the positive position of EU Summit towards Makkah agreement between Fatah and Hamas Movements and we look forward to translate this position to support and assist the expected Palestinian National Unity Government," Prince Saud added.

Prince Saud hoped that the upcoming ministerial meeting of the international quartet committee would result in practical steps towards reviving the peace process in the region that would respond to the positive developments on the Palestinian arena, pointing out that if there is a tendency to impose conditions in the peace process, it is assumed that these conditions will be balanced between the two conflicting parties taking into account the Israeli arbitrary actions and attitudes towards the peace process.


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On the Palestinian unity government, Solana said Europe would never upset the Palestinian people. We have provided money for them in 2005 and 2006 and will continue to pour much in 2007, he added. No government has been formed yet, but we would like to see the right person in the right place, he said, adding that we would like to see a government dedicated to the interest of the Palestinian people.

Concluding the conference, Prince Saud Al-Faisal rejected proposals by Israel that some changes should be drawn on the Arab peace initiative during the Arab summit in Riyadh, saying that Israel initially accepted the plan, but started to speak about conditioned agreement while the Arabs don't have conditions. We don't have a plan to negotiate a conditioned matter, he concluded.

--SPA