A peace agreement?
Someone has to do it. The UK is making much progress in "brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement".
And recent developments are even more promising.
The Guardian reported last month:
Tony Blair flew home from the Middle East last night [December 22] confident that he had secured the twin objectives of his visit: agreement on a London conference next year to discuss Palestinian reform, and commitment from both sides in the conflict to eventual negotiations on a final peace settlement.
The other members of the quartet, besides the US, who drew up the road map for peace - the UN, the EU, and Russia - are to attend, as well as foreign ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Norway.
At an earlier press conference, Mr Sharon confirmed that Israel will not send a representative. The Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, had wanted to attend but was overruled by Mr Sharon. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1379061,00.html
Israel will not send a representative? However, the Guardian reports today:
The Israeli cabinet lifted its bar on contacts with the Palestinian Authority yesterday as the new Palestinian leadership appealed for cooperation with its attempts to curb bomb and rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1394359,00.html
And recent developments are even more promising.
The Guardian reported last month:
Tony Blair flew home from the Middle East last night [December 22] confident that he had secured the twin objectives of his visit: agreement on a London conference next year to discuss Palestinian reform, and commitment from both sides in the conflict to eventual negotiations on a final peace settlement.
The other members of the quartet, besides the US, who drew up the road map for peace - the UN, the EU, and Russia - are to attend, as well as foreign ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Norway.
At an earlier press conference, Mr Sharon confirmed that Israel will not send a representative. The Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, had wanted to attend but was overruled by Mr Sharon. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1379061,00.html
Israel will not send a representative? However, the Guardian reports today:
The Israeli cabinet lifted its bar on contacts with the Palestinian Authority yesterday as the new Palestinian leadership appealed for cooperation with its attempts to curb bomb and rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1394359,00.html
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