Arab leaders back new Israeli peace deal

Arab leaders today gave their unanimous backing to a plan which would commit them to developing diplomatic relations with Israel if the Jewish State first agreed to a "land-for-peace" deal with the Palestinians.

The region's leaders voted in favour of reviving a Saudi Arabian peace plan, first launched in 2002, which supports the concept of a Palestinian state founded in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jerusalem as its capital. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 29, 2007 - 8:15 AM PDT
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Edited by: Dale Penn - Mar 29, 2007 - 3:46 PM PDT

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Michael D. Lowe
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by Michael D. Lowe - Oct. 1, 2008

This article contains several glaring factual errors and is more of an editorial than reporting. There is no analysis of the proposed "land-for-peace" in the political/historical context. The idea that somehow Israel took land away from arabs is simply not supported by the evidence as is sited in the article. Jews began settling the sparsely populated region in big numbers in the 1890s, BUYING the land from Arab owners. Another factual error: "-made homeless during the 1947 war which brought about the Israeli state." The Israel was established in 1947 by the United Nations. In 1948, all five neighboring Arab countries launched a genocidal war against Israel. Arab leadership urged the Arab population of Israel to flee so as not ... More »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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Ron Hankins
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by Ron Hankins - Oct. 1, 2008

Do we really believe it ? Will aparteid end?..how many times now has Israeli confiscated land for peace deals gone array.. But Israel would need to study this plan futher, enough time to take more Palestinian lives and land.

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