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...Responding to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's invitation to all Arab leaders to visit Israel to discuss the Arab peace initiative, Prince Saud said that Arabs were looking for a "clear sign of interest, not just words," such as a freeze on Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories...
...Prince Saud saw an encouraging sign in the fact that "the government is standing firm. It is working to quell the fighting and it is keeping united." The Palestinian leaders, he said, have told the Saudi King that they would halt the fighting and punish the perpetrators...
...Prince Saud: It is so senseless. It is shocking particularly at this time, when all efforts are extended on the peace process. It definitely means that there are - on both sides, Fatah and Hamas - people who have vested interests in keeping the fighting going and in preventing the peace process from continuing. [A] positive issue is that the government is standing firm. It is working to quell the fighting and it is keeping united...
...Prince Saud: It is already threatened, if [the fighting] doesn't stop, if the perpetrators are not punished...
...Prince Saud: The government, when it was formed, it was to lead the Palestinian people towards the negotiated settlement. But if fighting continues, and spreads, and the government falls, then that would be catastrophic for the cause of peace. Certainly there will not be any reasonable expectation of success [for the Arab peace initiative] without a return to unity between the Palestinians...