Missing Political will of
USA-Israel twins
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Lack of political will for peace
and extra hypocrisy displayed by Israel-USA terror twins are the major reason
for the talks to fail.
For quite some time now, US
diplomats keep visiting Mideast to ensure energy security and arms trade of the
nation to Mideast and use Palestine issue only as a tool to advance their
so-called national interest.
Funnily, when a possible solution
looks near, Israel attacks Palestine, killing besieged Palestine people.
As a result, not just the peace
talks fail, but also, worse, Zionist military criminals keep killing
Palestinians and expand their illegal territory in a sustained manner.
Thus chances are denied for
credible peace in Mideast
So far, visits by US leaders to
Mideast ostensibly for Mideast peace have made the plight of people of
Palestine more difficult as any time, Israel can kill, attack, arrest or harass
the Palestinians at will.
Palestinians and their leader
Mahmoud Abbas have refused to negotiate unless Israel halts all construction in
West Bank settlements. Israel has refused, saying negotiations should resume
without conditions. Kerry has offered the Palestinians a package of economic
incentives to restart the talks.
Routine diplomacy of USA cannot
being peace but only harm the Palestine people. On his sixth trip to the Middle
East in as many months as America's top diplomat, Kerry met in Jordan with
representatives of the Arab League and nine of its members that support an
Arab-Israeli peace plan proposed by Saudi Arabia. John
Kerry claims he won Arab League backing for his effort to
restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, raising hopes that the stalled
negotiations could resume. Kerry cited significant progress in narrowing gaps
between the two sides, but he declined to elaborate. The Arab delegation
endorsed Kerry's initiative, saying his ideas "constitute a good ground
and suitable environment for restarting the negotiations, especially the new
and important political, economic and security elements."
The statement was significant
because USA wants to give the pro-West Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas the political cover he would need to sell a return to negotiations
to a skeptical Palestinian public. Abbas was to convene a meeting of the PLO
leadership to discuss the matter. Kerry met with Abbas in Amman. Kerry
refused to discuss details of the proposals he laid out to the Arab officials
or how the gap with the Israelis had narrowed. "The Palestinians are
cooperating but it is time for the Israeli side to show the same cooperation,"
said the Palestinians' foreign minister, Riad al-Malki, who attended the Amman
meeting. Palestinian negotiator Mohammed Ishtayeh echoed that view. "We
are keen to see Kerry's efforts work, but so far there are no promising signs
from the Israeli side," Ishtayeh said.
In
Israel, the Jewish Sabbath has started, and Palestinians are also on their
weekend.
It was unclear whether Kerry would
meet Israeli leader Netanyahu or any of his top
aides. Israel was not currently on Kerry's itinerary, although
officials said that could change. Meanwhile, Israeli journalists speculated
that talks would restart with no preconditions - as their government has
demanded. But some also anticipated the release of hundreds of Palestinian
prisoners from Israeli jails. It could take time before the facts become clear.
Kerry is now flying back to the US
maybe for consultations
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