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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani and Qatar's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani talk at the opening ceremony of the Arab summit in Riyadh on Wed. (Reuters)
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Arab states unanimously approve Saudi peace initiative
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent, and Agencies

Arab leaders gathering for a two-day summit in Saudi Arabia unanimously approved Wednesday the Saudi peace initiative originally launched in 2002.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas voted in favor of the initiative, although Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas abstained in the vote.

The plan offers Israel recognition and permanent peace with all Arab countries in return for Israeli withdrawal from lands captured in the 1967 Six Day War. It also calls for setting up a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital and a just solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees.
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah called at the summit for an end to the international blockade on the Palestinian government and to revive efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Addressing the Arab League, the king said "It has become necessary to end the unjust blockade imposed on the Palestinian people as soon as possible so that the peace process can move in an atmosphere far from oppression and force."

Saudi Arabia last month brokered a unity government of Abbas' Fatah faction and Hamas, hoping it would help end a crippling Western blockade imposed after the Islamist group took office more than a year ago.

Israel and the United States have urged countries to cut political and financial support for the Palestinians because Hamas, which leads the government, refuses to recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept existing peace deals.

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, urged Arab states Wednesday to be flexible in their land-for-peace offer to Israel, warning that without a solution to the conflict, the Middle East is at risk of missing the train of human and economic development.

Addressing the Arab summit in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, Solana called for an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 boundary - a key demand in an Arab peace plan that the two-day gathering intends to relaunch.

But he called the Arab initiative a general concept that has to be developed. He urged the Arabs and Israel to deal with the plan as a starting point in negotiations rather than a take-it-or-leave-it proposal.

"The important thing is to get the negotiations started. In any negotiations there are changes in positions, because negotiations are like that," Solana told reporters on the sidelines of the summit.

Solana said he expected two or three working groups to be formed to make the initiative more operational in order to move the process forward.

In a written message to the Arab leaders gathered in Riyadh, Solana said the EU hopes all the members of the Arab League will fulfill their responsibilities and contribute to the success of this enterprise.

"Failure to rise to today's challenges will put the Middle East risk of missing the train of human and economic development," he said in the message.

Before arriving in Riyadh, Solana expressed optimism that the relaunched initiative could reinvigorate the Middle East peace process.

Solana's presence at the Arab League summit was designed to highlight the European Union's support for the peace initiative, officials said. It will also demonstrate the bloc's backing for Saudi Arabia's efforts to resolve a number of regional crises, including the political impasse in Lebanon and efforts to bring Iran's nuclear program under international supervision.

Saudis: Rejection of Arab plan is rejection of peace
If Israel rejects the Arab peace initiative, it means it is not interested in reaching a peaceful solution with its neighbors, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said Wednesday.

Speaking at the Riyadh summit, al-Faisal said, "If Israel refuses, that means it doesn't want peace. Then [the conflict] goes back into the hands of the lords of war."

Haniyeh urged Arab leaders meeting in Riyadh not to compromise on the Palestinian refugees' right to return to their homes in Israel, a clause in the initiative which Israel has asked to modify.

Haniyeh told Reuters in an interview that his group would not oppose an Arab peace initiative which the summit is expected to relaunch, but would not give in on the Palestinian refugees' right of return.

"What concerns me more than anything else ... is not to compromise on the fundamental Palestinian rights, foremost being the right of return," Haniyeh said shortly before the summit opened.

"I expect the Arab summit meeting in Riyadh to reiterate the Arab countries' commitment not to compromise in any way on the Palestinian refugees right of return under any circumstances," Haniyeh said.

At the summit, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Arab leaders to prove they were serious about peace with Israel by reviving their five-year-old initiative.

"The Arab peace initiative is one of the pillars for the peace process .... This initiative sends a signal that the Arabs are serious about achieving peace," Ban told Arab leaders, according to an Arabic translation.

"When I was in Israel I urged my Israeli friends to take a new look at the initiative. Here in Riyadh, I also urge you, my Arab friends, to benefit from this initiative and reiterate your commitment to it because the situation is dangerous."

At the summit, Arab League chief Amr Moussa urged Israel to accept the initiative rather than ask for changes.

"The Israelis response was to ask for an amendment. We tell them to accept it first," Moussa told Arab leaders at a summit in Saudi Arabia.

"We are at a crossroads, it is either we move towards a real peace or see an escalation in the situation."

Hamas adopts ambiguity policy on Arab peace plan
In discussions with Haaretz Tuesday, a number of leading Hamas figures in the Gaza Strip said the group would refrain from expressing its views on the Arab peace initiative that members of the Arab League, including the Palestinian Authority, are expected to support during the summit in Riyadh.

The figures said the organization woulf adopt a policy of ambiguity on its stance vis-a-vis the peace initiative. However, senior Hamas officials admitted that they are opposed to parts of the initiative relating to a peace agreement with Israel or its recognition.

Palestinian sources said Tuesday that Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Meshal has promised Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah not to disrupt the decisions of the summit.

The same sources said that the policy of ambiguity stems from concerns that open opposition to the initiative, which is a revived version of the Saudi initiative approved at the 2002 Arab League summit in Beirut, will cause friction between Hamas and the Saudis. The initiative offers Israel normalization of relations with the Arab world in exchange for a full withdrawal to 1967 lines and a negotiated settlement to the Palestinian refugee problem.

Israel and the United States have not rejected the initiative but expressed reservations on such Israeli red line issues as the refugees problem. When asked whether Hamas will accept the initiative, senior officials in the group said they reject some of its principles.

The spokesman for Hamas in the Palestinian parliament, Salah al-Bardawil, told Haaretz, "we will not agree to recognition of Israel or peace with it [as it appears in the initiative]. We have no problem with the part of the initiative that calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders and the right of refugees to return."

Bardawil told Haaretz that Meshal had promised to Saudi King Adbullah that Hamas will work with the Arab consensus view, but "we cannot recognize Israel or agree to peace and normalization."

Meshal called on Arab leaders participating in the summit not to make concessions on refugees and the Palestinians' right to defend themselves, according to Saudi media.

"Meshal called on Arab leaders meeting in Riyadh to adopt a strategy based on the right to self-defense," the official Saudi news agency SPA said. "He said that conceding legitimate rights such as the right of return and the Palestinian people's right to protection was unacceptable," the report added.

Meshal spoke to SPA in Algeria, after a visit to Saudi Arabia for talks with officials there on Sunday.

Taking a more severe position, Ismail Radwan, a Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip, declared Tuesday that "the Hamas positions have not changed in any way. The new government has accepted commitments but our positions remain unchanged."

Another Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Fawzi Barhum, told Haaretz that "the issue is not a 'yes' or 'no' by Hamas regarding the initiative. We respect the Arab efforts to attain Palestinian rights and we will act within the Arab consensus. Nonetheless, the Zionist enemy continues to reject the initiative and we will not determine our position in reference to it before it has been accepted."

Meanwhile, Abbas is expected to announce the Palestinian Authority's support for the initiative. Haniyeh is not expected to present the unity government's views on the initiative.

Abbas: Arab plan offers Israel chance to live in 'sea of peace'
The Arab peace plan could be Israel's last chance to live in a "sea of peace" and should not be squandered, Abbas said on Tuesday.

"This initiative simply says to Israel 'leave the occupied territories and you will live in a sea of peace that begins in Nouakchott and ends in Indonesia'," he said, referring to the Mauritanian capital in West Africa and the southeast Asian country that is the world's most populous Muslim country.

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      1.   Hamas makes it so much easier 04:15  |  KT 28/03/07
      2.   Ha! Hamas copying Israel`s ambiguity of nukes 05:10  |  Jon 28/03/07
      3.   ONLY ISLAMOFACSISTS CAN TELL "We adopt ambiguity policy`" 05:22  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      4.   Peace Plan? 05:30  |  Edifice 28/03/07
      5.   Hamas adopt "ambiguity policy" 05:58  |  Nikos Retsos 28/03/07
      6.   I guess they have a hard time with a concept of peace 06:07  |  Marwan مروان خوري 28/03/07
      7.   Hamas` moral ambiguity 06:08  |  Marwan مروان خوري 28/03/07
      8.   Well, it is not such a high price to pay: We, Hamas, will 06:12  |  Avi 28/03/07
      9.   The endgame with Hamas is obvious as never before... 06:12  |  Dr. L. Brnd 28/03/07
      10.   hamas isn`t being ambigous 06:15  |  Adrian de Klerk 28/03/07
      11.   RE: 1 06:16  |  zionist forever 28/03/07
      12.   #6Marwan The actions of the... 07:28  |  Maureen Ann 28/03/07
      13.   #1 KT in Flordia: Can you also tell me who wins the Final 4? 07:38  |  Tupac 28/03/07
      14.   Hamas, you are not being ambiguous one bit 07:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/03/07
      15.   HAMAS LEARNED THE HARD WAY 07:52  |  indrajaya 28/03/07
      16.   HAMAS .No tikky no laundry.Their call,for or against peace 07:57  |  PETER SM 28/03/07
      17.   they reject the parts recognizing Israel`s right to exist ! 08:06  |  redmike 28/03/07
      18.   No Ambiguity 08:27  |  therealstory 28/03/07
      19.   #5 Hey Nikos 08:37  |  therealstory 28/03/07
      20.   Khori..maybe Hamas should borrow some of your 08:39  |  KA 28/03/07
      21.   No Peace--No Recognition 08:48  |  James 28/03/07
      22.   #18, KA, Hamas has clarity, it is just not moral 09:33  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/03/07
      23.   why should Hamas recongize Israel when 09:51  |  American living here 28/03/07
      24.   ali tosefta :"there were twice as many pals in palestine 10:18  |  absum 28/03/07
      25.   #23 Hmas should only recognise Israel if the wan`t peace. 10:26  |  PETER SM 28/03/07
      26.   HAMAS ARE ISLAMIC FANATICS!!! 10:27  |  alonitzafoni 28/03/07
      27.   what is there in hamas`s history that would persuade us 10:28  |  lord byron 28/03/07
      28.   3#VITTORIO 10:29  |  alonitzafoni 28/03/07
      29.   RE:23 10:33  |  zionist forever 28/03/07
      30.   ali tosefta and the gaza "occupation" 10:35  |  absum 28/03/07
      31.   Deja vu 10:36  |  ScotGuy 28/03/07
      32.   Peter SM, Israel never recognized Palestine 10:36  |  Sam 28/03/07
      33.   #26 10:38  |  Australian 28/03/07
      34.   #23, American not living here 10:38  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/03/07
      35.   ali tosefta"israel goes into gaza at will" 10:39  |  absum 28/03/07
      36.   Sam Israel recognises a Palestinian state with borders to be 10:43  |  PETER SM 28/03/07
      37.   Israel Has Recognized "Palestine" 10:44  |  Dyinglikeflies 28/03/07
      38.   the future of gaza 10:45  |  absum 28/03/07
      39.   why would ali tosefta go out of his way 10:48  |  absum 28/03/07
      40.   #33.Have you got an Australian passport as well.My my? 10:50  |  PETERSM 28/03/07
      41.   ali tosefta "gaza wants peace with israel" 10:52  |  absum 28/03/07
      42.   look at the history of the gazans in the 1950s 10:55  |  absum 28/03/07
      43.   UNSC# 242 ORDERS A WITHDRAWAL FIRST 10:57  |  indrajaya 28/03/07
      44.   the hatred for israel can never end 11:00  |  absum 28/03/07
      45.   Concessions on both sides 11:01  |  Tzfonit 28/03/07
      46.   Simply not good enough, Mr. Hanijeh 11:03  |  Swiss (Dino) 28/03/07
      47.   indrajaya 11:07  |  tommy suharto 28/03/07
      48.   #40PeterSM, And of course you are a dinki di Ausie? 11:11  |  Maureen Ann 28/03/07
      49.   you don`t need to agree to have peace 11:20  |  VIPER 28/03/07
      50.   Hamas knows Gideon Levy, Amira Hass, Aloni, will support them 11:34  |  Ken Jurist 28/03/07
      51.   Ambiguilty of ambiguity 11:50  |  S 28/03/07
      52.   Hamas can do what it wants... 12:04  |  Michael J. Nelson 28/03/07
      53.   Hamas sends message that killing Israelis is `more precious` than 12:14  |  Ken Jurist 28/03/07
      54.   Same old same old 12:30  |  HK 28/03/07
      55.   Hamas doesn`t want peace, they want Israel. 12:33  |  Lynn 28/03/07
      56.   Thief ARAFAT was AMBIGOUS TOO: in ENGLISH he recognized ISRAEL... 12:35  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      57.   # 6 Marwan 12:36  |  Lynn 28/03/07
      58.   # 23 Right of return 12:44  |  Lynn 28/03/07
      59.   # 46 Swiss 12:50  |  Lynn 28/03/07
      60.   150 ISRAEL A ROGUE NATION 12:51  |  sara 28/03/07
      61.   #23 American living here 12:53  |  Israeli living here 28/03/07
      62.   FREEZE! 12:56  |  Alicia 28/03/07
      63.   They will negociate with us in good faith if we promise to die! 12:58  |  Steven 28/03/07
      64.   To Swiss and Cipora 12:59  |  Lynn 28/03/07
      65.   indra,Maureen, VIPER, Khalid Amayreh support even AMBIGOUS HAMAS. 13:00  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      66.   # 58, LYNN 13:02  |  indrajaya 28/03/07
      67.   Destroy Hamas before it is too late 13:10  |  Markus Grafenburg 28/03/07
      68.   ISRAEL SHOULD BE SUSPENDED FROM U.N. 13:24  |  sara 28/03/07
      69.   Compromise and Peace 13:26  |  RAB 28/03/07
      70.   Alicia #62 Don`t worry. 13:28  |  Tzfonit 28/03/07
      71.   Abbas,Houdini,Charlton Heston and Olmert 13:32  |  Ronnie Wolman 28/03/07
      72.   HAMAS IS VERY PATIENT WITH ISRAEL 13:34  |  lakshmi 28/03/07
      73.   # 29 Do decendent of German Jews refugees.. 13:41  |  Kevin 28/03/07
      74.   lets recount the FACTS before we blabber, shall we? 13:42  |  neutral-man 28/03/07
      75.   #38 the future of Gaza 13:49  |  chaloum 28/03/07
      76.   #72 Poor deluded Lakshmi 13:49  |  Star of David 28/03/07
      77.   Sick and tired... 13:53  |  Maimon 28/03/07
      78.   Sheket Israelim! A.HASS & G.LEVY are writing that AMBIGUITY...... 14:03  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      79.   Haniyeh strengthens settlers...... 14:06  |  Esther 28/03/07
      80.   Right of return 14:07  |  Jacques 28/03/07
      81.   Indeed 14:11  |  Egyptian 28/03/07
      82.   #77 Sara 14:13  |  Peter Nagy 28/03/07
      83.   "RIGHT OF RETURN" OR WAR? 14:17  |  SAM 28/03/07
      84.   israel sends two large pumps to gaza 14:19  |  absum 28/03/07
      85.   Hamas will shoot themselves in the foot, every time 14:21  |  The Equalizer 28/03/07
      86.   #58: HAH!!! I laugh in your face! 14:23  |  neutral-man 28/03/07
      87.   # 72 Made me laugh!! 14:25  |  Dhimmi Hendrix 28/03/07
      88.   # 14 Cipora....WOW ...if you could write that in Arabic now 14:27  |  The Equalizer 28/03/07
      89.   What a total waste of time 14:28  |  Nechama 28/03/07
      90.   right of return is GOD GIVEN! 14:30  |  neutral-man 28/03/07
      91.   #72 - lakshmi Get Real!!! 14:30  |  Russ 28/03/07
      92.   THIS IS TURNING INTO A MAD HOUSE 14:32  |  Ian 28/03/07
      93.   #77: i want a little of whatever it is you`re on! 14:34  |  neutral-man 28/03/07
      94.   Haniyeh to Arab leaders: Don`t compromise on right of return 14:34  |  Gerald Zang 28/03/07
      95.   #74 Hey "neutral-man": If you were "neutral", you would condemn.. 14:39  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      96.   The Right of Return...to war 14:39  |  Daniel Leopold 28/03/07
      97.   re#13 Tupac Not predictions just Quran and History lessons !! P1 14:41  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      98.   ISRAEL SHOULD BE SUSPENDED FROM U.N. 14:43  |  Gerald Zang 28/03/07
      99.   I want my cake, your cake, and to eat it too 14:44  |  Avrum 28/03/07
      100.   re#13 Tupac Not predictions just Quran and History lessons !! P2 14:45  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      101.   Egyptian-#81 14:45  |  Daniel Leopold 28/03/07
      102.   #87: yeah... well, laugh alone 14:46  |  neutral-man 28/03/07
      103.   IS IT An offer you cant refuse SHEIKH DON CORLEONE ?? 14:46  |  paul harris 28/03/07
      104.   Translation: war will continue until Israel`s destruction. 14:47  |  Mr. Ami Goldman 28/03/07
      105.   Same old story 14:47  |  Ron 28/03/07
      106.   indrajaya from Jakarta: There is AMBIGUITY regarding IRANIAN ATOM 14:49  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      107.   Kevin from Baltimore giving rights to the Jews 14:51  |  Daniel Leopold 28/03/07
      108.   Indrajaya-#66-your plan is as safe as an Indonesian Airline 14:58  |  Daniel Leopold 28/03/07
      109.   Abbas to Olmert 15:02  |  Nora 28/03/07
      110.   To Egyptian 15:03  |  Jack 28/03/07
      111.   Is As Simple As That 15:04  |  Benlolo 28/03/07
      112.   #34 Hey Cipora; whatever makes you 15:07  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      113.   Arab Peace? 15:08  |  Ra`anan 28/03/07
      114.   #36 Peter SM; right you are! 15:10  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      115.   re#68 Sara , could u please answer a simply question !!I 15:10  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      116.   Hamas irrelevant: "peace plan" is only a threat 15:10  |  Paul Freedman 28/03/07
      117.   Saudi FM totally correct 15:11  |  John 28/03/07
      118.   re # 68 Sara, should we suspend Turkey ? 15:14  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      119.   re # 68 Sara, should we suspend Indonesia ? 15:15  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      120.   # 64 Lynn 15:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 28/03/07
      121.   re # 68 Sara, should we suspend Cyprus ? 15:16  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      122.   re # 68 Sara, should we suspend Morocco ? 15:17  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      123.   re # 68 Sara, should we suspend Sudan ? 15:17  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      124.   re # 68 Sara, should we suspend Lebanon ? 15:18  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      125.   A coffee with this?? 15:18  |  Rafa 28/03/07
      126.   re # 68 Sara, should we suspend Croatia ? 15:19  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      127.   I thought Oslo was a peace initiative coupled with "road map" 15:19  |  r 28/03/07
      128.   Wow, a refusal to surrender is a "rejection of peace" 15:19  |  David Teich 28/03/07
      129.   And if Israel accepts the proposal, 15:20  |  KUTW 28/03/07
      130.   Unrealistic Ultimatum 15:21  |  ATLAS 28/03/07
      131.   Indrajaya - here is how it is going to be 15:21  |  Chachmeister 28/03/07
      132.   The Saudi FM is wrong, Israel is only rejecting peace...... 15:22  |  Swiss (Dino) 28/03/07
      133.   Let me see if I understood correctly... 15:22  |  paul 28/03/07
      134.   THIS "PEACE PLAN" WILL COST ISRAEL ITS EXISTENCE 15:24  |  David 28/03/07
      135.   #36 PETER SM, Israel recognised Palestine? Not so 15:25  |  Johnboy 28/03/07
      136.   97 & 100 Alberto: Just because you know how to Google doesn`t 15:25  |  Tupac 28/03/07
      137.   Does Israel want peace? 15:25  |  Elie 28/03/07
      138.   If the Arabs wanted peace 15:26  |  KUTW 28/03/07
      139.   Saudis 15:28  |  Sharonelle 28/03/07
      140.   Do Arabs have to honor their word? 15:29  |  KUTW 28/03/07
      141.   Saudi FM 15:30  |  Phil Gal 28/03/07
      142.   96: Daniel: R of R for Europian and Russians or Pal Refugees? 15:31  |  Tupac 28/03/07
      143.   Israel should not even discuss the plan 15:34  |  KUTW 28/03/07
      144.   ENDING THE HAMAS STRANGLEHOLD ON PEACE 15:35  |  abram 28/03/07
      145.   Israels real face 15:36  |  Tobias 28/03/07
      146.   Hey Daniel; what exactly did the Pals 15:37  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      147.   rather obivous, no? 15:37  |  Ernst 28/03/07
      148.   #102 Still laughing 15:41  |  Dhimmi Hendrix 28/03/07
      149.   I Agree With No. 1 15:42  |  Yosemite 28/03/07
      150.   Gird your loins for war 15:42  |  Leo Scheiner 28/03/07
      151.   Did you read the headline? 15:46  |  Walt Schweitzer 28/03/07
      152.   #23 a voice of reason 15:49  |  margaret 28/03/07
      153.   Correction to Title 15:50  |  Haaretz Chief 28/03/07
      154.   Egyptian,if you love your "Palestinian " 15:53  |  dzone 28/03/07
      155.   ISRAEL`S CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY 15:53  |  laksmi 28/03/07
      156.   Arabs dictating terms to others means war, not peace. 15:53  |  David 28/03/07
      157.   Arab plan is Israel`s new independance day 15:57  |  Moise 28/03/07
      158.   Joan of Arc, at 19 against all odds, delivered her people from de 15:58  |  Lisa 28/03/07
      159.   Cue the camera`s, roll the music, and someone find Marty S. 15:59  |  Jacob Blues 28/03/07
      160.   Daniel Leopold, who is the real idiot? 15:59  |  Ibrahim 28/03/07
      161.   The worst possible solution 16:02  |  Nobody 28/03/07
      162.   #68 sara: We`ll suspend Israel on Thursday after the rain is over 16:05  |  People of the World 28/03/07
      163.   Why should hamas recognize Israel? 16:12  |  John 28/03/07
      164.   Why should hamas recognize Israel? 16:12  |  John 28/03/07
      165.   re#68Sara ,all these countries do not comply with UN resolutions 16:12  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      166.   Re: Jack (refugees) 16:12  |  Egyptian 28/03/07
      167.   #152 ISRAEL IS JAILING CRIMINALS 16:15  |  ScotGuy 28/03/07
      168.   This `peace plan` is a disaster 16:15  |  Moises 28/03/07
      169.   Status quo 16:16  |  Sam 28/03/07
      170.   LAkshmi # In fact Arab world is patient with Israel 16:17  |  Reader 28/03/07
      171.   Re: dsone (citizenship) 16:21  |  Egyptian 28/03/07
      172.   bloomberg story on intel israel 16:24  |  flashman 28/03/07
      173.   Egyptian - why are you people living in cemeteries 16:24  |  * BEN JABO 28/03/07
      174.   Jonnyboy #135 - Yes, they did 16:26  |  Moises 28/03/07
      175.   They want their cake, Israel`s cake , and to eat it too 16:31  |  Avrum 28/03/07
      176.   re#136 Sorry,I was not suposed to read Hamas convenant ? 16:33  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      177.   #159 The Best Possible Solution... 16:39  |  Somebody 28/03/07
      178.   Egyptian #163 - "The Arabs did not start it" - False 16:40  |  Moises 28/03/07
      179.   Little ambiguity on Iran weapons program 16:41  |  Mark Lincoln 28/03/07
      180.   #125 Hey Rafa; do you think you are the 16:42  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      181.   #163 Egyptian - You Are Proof There Is No Hope 16:42  |  Chick Corea 28/03/07
      182.   to arabs 16:46  |  ed 28/03/07
      183.   #143 KUTW "Israel should not discuss the plan" 16:48  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      184.   Re: Moises (attempted genocide) 16:57  |  Egyptian 28/03/07
      185.   Ballistic and her\his magic ball 17:02  |  Sam 28/03/07
      186.   Manipulating Refugee Status (1/2) 17:09  |  KUTW 28/03/07
      187.   Manipulating Refugee Status( 2/2) 17:10  |  KUTW 28/03/07
      188.   re # 136 TUPAC "sorry" for reading hamas covenant !!! 17:11  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      189.   # 180 Ballistic. peace train my a**, wait for the terror to dis 17:11  |  The Equalizer 28/03/07
      190.   ambituity in Iran`s program 17:12  |  inigo montoya 28/03/07
      191.   ballistic 17:12  |  person 28/03/07
      192.   Refugees 17:13  |  Naim S. Mahlab 28/03/07
      193.   # 168 Moises 17:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 28/03/07
      194.   Criticism of Johnyboy argument 135 17:16  |  inigo montoya 28/03/07
      195.   The Arabs perpetuated the displacement 17:16  |  KUTW 28/03/07
      196.   Ibrahim # 160 That`s Just the Problem 17:21  |  Jeff Northridge 28/03/07
      197.   If Saud al-Faisal refuses to kiss my ass, it means he doesn`t 17:25  |  Uzi 28/03/07
      198.   The Two Needed Nods 17:26  |  Yaakov Sullivan 28/03/07
      199.   There is only one kind of war acceptable: 17:27  |  Somebody 28/03/07
      200.   The Real Return 17:31  |  KUTW 28/03/07
      201.   Hamas leader Khaled Meshal is full of BS 17:34  |  Shepherd 28/03/07
      202.   Swiss 17:38  |  Lynn 28/03/07
      203.   Tupac # 142 17:42  |  ChanahS 28/03/07
      204.   Tupac # 142 17:42  |  ChanahS 28/03/07
      205.   167scott guy,israeal first imprisons and then. . . 17:45  |  sara 28/03/07
      206.   Egyptian - oh it was alright when it lasted 17:49  |  kjeli 28/03/07
      207.   Solana wants FLEXIBILITY. Couldn`t AMBIGUITY replace FLEXIBILITY? 17:52  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      208.   Did Solana notice that HAMAS promised AMBIGUITY? 17:54  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      209.   "...sea of peace." 17:59  |  Blogowitz 28/03/07
      210.   Agreements 18:00  |  Naftali 28/03/07
      211.   # 180 ballistic 18:01  |  Lynn 28/03/07
      212.   ISRAEL IS AN APARTHEID STATE 18:01  |  vijaya 28/03/07
      213.   sara 18:02  |  Gina 28/03/07
      214.   #13 Tupac 18:08  |  tadchase 28/03/07
      215.   Right of Return means War 18:10  |  semsem 28/03/07
      216.   #179 Mark Lincoln - IAEA inspections back to NPT levels in Iran 18:12  |  Pablo B 28/03/07
      217.   american living here 18:13  |  schmdt 28/03/07
      218.   Flexible 18:15  |  tadchase 28/03/07
      219.   Hamas belives that the goal justifies the means! 18:16  |  Aaron Giostar 28/03/07
      220.   ballistic 18:16  |  Gina 28/03/07
      221.   110 Jack read historian Illan Pappe`s Ethnic Cleansing of Palesti 18:17  |  sara 28/03/07
      222.   AND WHATS IN IT FOR ISRAEL? 18:17  |  Nicole 28/03/07
      223.   Reader 18:19  |  Gina 28/03/07
      224.   the worst parts 18:25  |  blinky 28/03/07
      225.   The truth #14 Cipora Julianna Kohn 18:27  |  Johnny 28/03/07
      226.   ballistic march 2007 is exactly 200 years 18:35  |  barry goldwater 28/03/07
      227.   Solana the ME expert? 18:35  |  B 28/03/07
      228.   To Everyone who Questions Hamas`s Motives 18:36  |  Gil 28/03/07
      229.   Yaakov Sullivan 18:37  |  ODP 28/03/07
      230.   # 52 Michael J. Nelson. 18:39  |  Kath` 28/03/07
      231.   #185 Hey Sam; well, er, the crystal ball 18:40  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      232.   Sol;ana - A Laugh a Minute 18:40  |  Tod Zuckerman 28/03/07
      233.   #161 - simply put 18:40  |  Giosta 28/03/07
      234.   Hysterical - Russ #91 18:43  |  Double Click 28/03/07
      235.   #189 Hey Equalizer, whatever are you talking about? 18:43  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      236.   The truth about Ballistic 18:46  |  Mexican 28/03/07
      237.   Yaakov Sullivan # 198 The Arab Initiative 18:48  |  Jeff Northridge 28/03/07
      238.   # 62 Alicia. FREEZE.............. 18:48  |  Kath` 28/03/07
      239.   Hey Person; I am with you on the Mexicans; let em in 18:49  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      240.   Dino: how to be a fool? 18:54  |  Ivo 28/03/07
      241.   # 134 David. THIS "PEACE PLAN" JOKING ASIDE. 18:57  |  Kath` 28/03/07
      242.   ISRAEL: Pals, When Your Serious About Peace, Call Us! 18:59  |  Peter 28/03/07
      243.   C`mon Yaakov 18:59  |  Gil 28/03/07
      244.   US man in the street 19:00  |  Leo Scheiner 28/03/07
      245.   72 - Hamas patient in the destruction of Israel 19:21  |  Bruriah Sarah 28/03/07
      246.   196 jeff northridge,jews have had compensation,how about others? 19:21  |  vijaya 28/03/07
      247.   sara # 205 That`s Not Much of a Case 19:22  |  Jeff Northridge 28/03/07
      248.   Egyptian #184 - Point by point (part 1) 19:22  |  Moises 28/03/07
      249.   To Egyptian 19:23  |  Jack 28/03/07
      250.   Jeff Northridge...your rejectionism is interesting... 19:25  |  Ibrahim 28/03/07
      251.   68 - Rather than suspend Terrorists, you prefer to hurt Jews 19:26  |  Bruriah Sarah 28/03/07
      252.   #217 Leo Schiener 19:26  |  Chris Linthwaite 28/03/07
      253.   Peace with Islam? Rubbish. 19:27  |  d.dor 28/03/07
      254.   201shepherd THE GREATEST TERRORIST IN M.E.IS ISRAEL 19:29  |  sara 28/03/07
      255.   Saudi Arabia large sponsor of terrorism 19:30  |  Bruriah Sarah 28/03/07
      256.   Egyptian #184 - Point by point (part 2) 19:31  |  Moises 28/03/07
      257.   How demandive some people are ! - Solana wants "FLEXIBILITY",.... 19:33  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      258.   what for?? 19:35  |  michael 28/03/07
      259.   alberto cohen...re. #136 Tupac... 19:36  |  maria 28/03/07
      260.   Egyptian. Gaza & Egypt. 19:36  |  curious 28/03/07
      261.   How can the Pals have right of return when its not their land? 19:40  |  Bruriah Sarah 28/03/07
      262.   How can they offer a peace-plan to somebody who does not exist? 19:43  |  Alicia 28/03/07
      263.   Saudi Peace Plan 19:43  |  Moshe Rubner 28/03/07
      264.   What israel should do 19:44  |  Danite 28/03/07
      265.   Ibrahim 19:44  |  Danite 28/03/07
      266.   Egyptian #184 - Point by point (part 3) 19:45  |  Moises 28/03/07
      267.   ballistic...re. sam have you read the .... 19:45  |  maria 28/03/07
      268.   242 - G-d told the Jews to live in Israel 19:47  |  Bruriah Sarah 28/03/07
      269.   #243 B. Sarah, well, all you say may be true, however 19:47  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      270.   Swiss(Dino) - Thanks for the response 19:48  |  Moises 28/03/07
      271.   #242 Hey there Sara, you said a mouthful there! 19:48  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      272.   Jeff Nothridge on my position #218 19:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 28/03/07
      273.   Gil and Israel`s Way Out #224 19:55  |  Yaakov Sullivan 28/03/07
      274.   HOPE WILL DEFEAT HATRED 19:55  |  Mohamed MALLECK 28/03/07
      275.   Peace Plan? 19:57  |  Witmore 28/03/07
      276.   #231 Hey Kath, "puerility"; gee I have to look that up 19:57  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      277.   sara #254 - Yeah, great argument 19:59  |  Moises 28/03/07
      278.   #234 Hey Leo; who did that poll and where was it done? 19:59  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      279.   #97 hudna and alberto cohen 20:01  |  abd 28/03/07
      280.   Ibrahim, the truth is very simple #231 20:01  |  Yaakov Sullivan 28/03/07
      281.   Bruriah Sarah software 20:03  |  Boycott 28/03/07
      282.   #267 Maria; hey lady jane; listen 20:05  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      283.   ballistic # 210 Israel Will Pass On This One 20:06  |  Jeff Northridge 28/03/07
      284.   HMMMMMM....... 20:07  |  Stephen Connor 28/03/07
      285.   Yaacov Sullivan mistaking the theater for diplomacy 20:08  |  Jacob Blues 28/03/07
      286.   Progress Not Perfection 20:10  |  Jane 28/03/07
      287.   BULLISTIC 20:10  |  Stash 28/03/07
      288.   It`s so simple 20:11  |  Marty E. 28/03/07
      289.   Mr. Yaakov Sullivan, one moral standard should guide us all !!! 20:14  |  Alberto Cohen 28/03/07
      290.   Israel has"no one to talk to, " so why should Arabs be flexible? 20:14  |  JW 28/03/07
      291.   #259 maria 20:16  |  Labhras 28/03/07
      292.   268 and others 20:16  |  Nick 28/03/07
      293.   # 266 and all your posts Moises. 20:22  |  Kath` 28/03/07
      294.   The EU should have advised --OUT NOW! 20:24  |  Dutch 28/03/07
      295.   289.JW:You ask "Why should Arabs be flexible?"-TO TALK TO SOLANA 20:25  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      296.   Chris Linthwaite 20:26  |  Gina 28/03/07
      297.   #205 Terrorist Ministers 20:27  |  ScotGuy 28/03/07
      298.   Yaacov Sullivan still propping HAMAS up on a pedestal 20:33  |  Jacob Blues 28/03/07
      299.   #211 Destroy their wealth? Whatever are you 20:33  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      300.   Yaacov Sullivan still propping HAMAS up on a pedestal 20:33  |  Jacob Blues 28/03/07
      301.   ballistic the king`s father was a big slaveowner 20:33  |  barry goldwater 28/03/07
      302.   # 240 Ivo (1) Just sitting back is not enough...... 20:34  |  Swiss (Dino) 28/03/07
      303.   Mr. Cohen, equal demands between equal players #289 20:34  |  Yaakov Sullivan 28/03/07
      304.   The Saudi Summit a repetition of Versaille-Peace-Treaty in 1918 20:37  |  Alicia 28/03/07
      305.   # 240 Ivo (2) 20:41  |  Swiss (Dino) 28/03/07
      306.   #220 Hey Gina; you may or may not be right 20:43  |  ballistic 28/03/07
      307.   To Peter #242 20:43  |  Elie 28/03/07
      308.   ballistic you also love the saudis 20:43  |  barry goldwater 28/03/07
      309.   back to1967 20:44  |  Moshe 28/03/07
      310.   A serious peace plan 20:45  |  Nick 28/03/07
      311.   To Swiss Dino 20:49  |  Jack 28/03/07
      312.   Post 278 Your scepticism about Poll 20:50  |  Leo Scheiner 28/03/07
      313.   To Indrajaya re 66 20:50  |  Lee 28/03/07
      314.   Arabs States approval of Saudia initiative equal 20:50  |  Joseph E . 28/03/07
      315.   #281 Boycott re bruhriah RAM 20:54  |  Labhras 28/03/07
      316.   Hi Danite... 20:57  |  Ibrahim 28/03/07
      317.   To Sara 20:59  |  Lee 28/03/07
      318.   vijaya # 246 What Absolute Right? 21:01  |  Jeff Northridge 28/03/07
      319.   AMBIGUITY WORKS: Abbas - in favor, Haniyeh - abstained. 21:07  |  Vittorio 28/03/07
      320.   Lee - 313 21:12  |  Nick 28/03/07
      321.   ballistic -- of course I`m correct 21:12  |  Gina 28/03/07
      322.   The end 21:13  |  Pedro 28/03/07
      323.   If Jewish attitude towards PEACE is reflected by posters here 21:13  |  Joe 28/03/07
      324.   jacob blues and his castels in the sky #285 21:14  |  Yaakov Sullivan 28/03/07
      325.   314 - Anti-Semitism 21:15  |  Nick 28/03/07
      326.   ballistic and cajones 21:17  |  barry goldwater 28/03/07
      327.   Oh, Dutch #294 Better late than never. Why so late? They accepted 21:18  |  People of the World 28/03/07
      328.   Alicia-Freeze 21:19  |  Gabe1 28/03/07
      329.   The stupid person in the picture, rising Leb flag 21:21  |  Tamir Gaza 28/03/07
      330.   Tzfonit/Bracha-Nonsense 21:21  |  GABE1 28/03/07
      331.   #307 Elie 21:21  |  Peter 28/03/07
      332.   Right of return 21:22  |  Paul 28/03/07
      333.   War and Peace 21:22  |  Baz Mann 28/03/07
      334.   ballistic "european population smack dab in the 21:23  |  barry goldwater 28/03/07
      335.   Lee - 317 21:23  |  Nick 28/03/07
      336.   Living free 21:24  |  GABE1 28/03/07
      337.   same shit, different day....don`t you agree???? 21:24  |  LG 28/03/07
      338.   ballistic a reminder 21:25  |  barry goldwater 28/03/07
      339.   Joe in Ramallah 21:27  |  Gina 28/03/07
      340.   WELCOME BACK JACOB BLUES 21:27  |  GABE1 28/03/07
      341.   Once again, Yaacov stabs the Jews while coddling the terrorists 21:28  |  Jacob Blues 28/03/07
      342.   More pro-Israeli racist filth - 326 21:29  |  Nick 28/03/07
      343.   Dino #302, 305: I`m exasperated - 21:31  |  Ivo 28/03/07
      344.   # 85 The Equilizer. LOVE SEEING YOU HERE. YOU ARE THE VALIUM TO 21:31  |  Kath` 28/03/07
      345.   Most of the talk in the Arab cermoney is about Palestine 21:32  |  Tamir Gaza 28/03/07
      346.   Just one more - 331 21:33  |  Nick 28/03/07
      347.   All this started with Camp David - Only King Moshiach can save us 21:33  |  Nachman 28/03/07
      348.   JOHNBOY Just read Moises#174and inigo montoya#194 21:34  |  PETER SM 28/03/07
      349.   Why Haaretz is showing the Iraqi Jalal Talabani picture?