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...Israeli invasion came hours after 22 Arab countries endorsed a peace proposal by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah that, for the first time in history, offers Israel normal relations with all Arab states, albeit in exchange for Israel's withdrawal from all territories occupied in the 1967 war and its agreement that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to homes in what is now Israel. But any Arab-Israeli comity created by the Arab League's announcement disintegrated on Friday. Israeli Cabinet members agreed that the Beirut summit was a step toward Arab acceptance of Israel's legitimacy, but the terms...
...Politics need to be distanced from these prices," Qatar Oil Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah told his official news agency. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal pointed out to the French paper Le Monde that oil and gas revenues - which account for some two-thirds of the typical Gulf state's budget - are "what Arab nations need most for their development," adding diplomatically that such revenues were also the best way for Arab nations to bolster their defenses against the rampaging Israelis...
...ongoing effort to delegitimize and overthrow regimes in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. To weather the storm of Islamic militancy, Arab leaders must walk a fine line, which means appeasing their American benefactors when they can and spouting Arab solidarity when they must. For Saudi Arabia’s Prince Abdullah or Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak to support an invasion of Iraq now would be an invitation for civil...
...bosses in Washington. Vice President Dick Cheney was thoroughly embarrassed on his recent 11-country tour of the Middle East. One by one, Arab leaders refused to even countenance an attack on Iraq. “A strike on Iraq,” declared Jordan’s King Abdullah, “will be disastrous for Iraq and the region as a whole and will threaten the security and stability of the Middle East...
...state. Israel could do this by putting forward a fair and just proposal for an independent Palestine while making that proposal contingent upon an end to violence. The details would require negotiation, but the initial proposal should follow in the spirit of that recently promoted by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, offering the Palestinians the West Bank and Gaza Strip with minor border adjustments while resolving the outstanding issues of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights...