Diplomacy plus
How to get the leaders of the Israelis and of the Palestinians to talk to each other?
But the people they represent are fed up with the constant state of war. And the US has decided that enough is enough: the US is one of the few international powers the leaders will listen to seriously.
The Economist reports:
AN UNDECLARED and imperfect ceasefire in the Gaza strip has now been in place for almost three weeks, bringing relative calm after months of bloodshed. . . the scene is set for substantial progress to be made when the two men [leaders of Israel and Palestine] meet, along with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan, at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday February 8th.
Ms Rice [representing US] called on Mr Sharon’s government [representing Israel] to dismantle those Jewish settlements in the West Bank that have been built without its approval. And she said that America would not look kindly on any unilateral Israeli moves that undermine the renewed peace process. . .
Tuesday’s summit may formalise the undeclared cessation of hostilities. With luck, there will be progress on the negotiations to release prisoners and confirmation of the plan for Israeli troops to hand over control of some West Bank towns to the PA’s forces. But even if all goes well, the months ahead will be full of challenges.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3641913&fsrc=nwl
Today's news gives a report on the peace summit in Egypt:
With a verbal cease-fire deal in hand, Israeli and Palestinian leaders met at a Mideast summit Tuesday for face-to-face talks and goodwill gestures aimed at ending four years of violence and entering a new era of peace talks.
Meanwhile, in Israel, police stepped up the alert level throughout the country Tuesday, due to numerous intelligence warnings of possible attempts to disrupt the summit with an attack inside Israel. Police also heightened their deployment and established mobile checkpoints on various roads. http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/179853
The agenda for this Spring's conference in London on the Middle East will be changing daily. The arrangements for economic development in Palestine may be the number one item for discussion.
But the people they represent are fed up with the constant state of war. And the US has decided that enough is enough: the US is one of the few international powers the leaders will listen to seriously.
The Economist reports:
AN UNDECLARED and imperfect ceasefire in the Gaza strip has now been in place for almost three weeks, bringing relative calm after months of bloodshed. . . the scene is set for substantial progress to be made when the two men [leaders of Israel and Palestine] meet, along with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan, at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday February 8th.
Ms Rice [representing US] called on Mr Sharon’s government [representing Israel] to dismantle those Jewish settlements in the West Bank that have been built without its approval. And she said that America would not look kindly on any unilateral Israeli moves that undermine the renewed peace process. . .
Tuesday’s summit may formalise the undeclared cessation of hostilities. With luck, there will be progress on the negotiations to release prisoners and confirmation of the plan for Israeli troops to hand over control of some West Bank towns to the PA’s forces. But even if all goes well, the months ahead will be full of challenges.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3641913&fsrc=nwl
Today's news gives a report on the peace summit in Egypt:
With a verbal cease-fire deal in hand, Israeli and Palestinian leaders met at a Mideast summit Tuesday for face-to-face talks and goodwill gestures aimed at ending four years of violence and entering a new era of peace talks.
Meanwhile, in Israel, police stepped up the alert level throughout the country Tuesday, due to numerous intelligence warnings of possible attempts to disrupt the summit with an attack inside Israel. Police also heightened their deployment and established mobile checkpoints on various roads. http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/179853
The agenda for this Spring's conference in London on the Middle East will be changing daily. The arrangements for economic development in Palestine may be the number one item for discussion.
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