Arab League summit would endorse Abbas on recognition of
Israel -DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL *
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Although there have been some positive signs off late
emanating from Tel Aviv about a possible Palestine state establishment, the
peace talks brokered by USA for helping Israel with making peace with
Palestinians have not progressed much, owing to systematic Israeli gimmicks to
prolong the occupation and continue the crimes.
US president Barak
Obama has owed to get a framework of Mideast peace action ready by April. As
the Kerry mandate which expires at the end of the month, he seeking an extension of the mandate from
Palestine leader Mahmoud Abbas who, it is reliably learned, is not averse to the idea of
granting an extension if the frame wok would be made ready by taking care of
all apprehensions, concerns and demands of the
besieged Palestinians.
Arab League leaders are keen to pursue their 2002 Arab
Initiative for a credible and permanent solution to the long burning Mideast
issue of finding a home for the Palestinians on their own lands, now being
occupied by Israel with backing from the US led West.
The Arab Initiative calls for pre-1967 borders, Jerusalem
as the capital of the state of Palestine, and a right of return for families
that left their homes in 1948. The Initiative goes farther, demanding that
Israel withdraw from the Golan Heights as well.
Americans are not serious about the 2002 Arab Initiative
and, instead is eager to push through their own initiatives- all have failed
thus far because Israel has systematically blocked al peace moves and continues
to attack the Palestine masses while proliferating the illegal settlements
inside Palestine.
Arab leaders are not opposed to US brokered peace deal if
only that really happens.
Arab League summit is currently holding a summit in
Kuwait to debate on issues confronting the Arab world. Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas will travel to Kuwait for an Arab League summit
meeting, apparently seeking to return with support for his rejection of the
Israel’s demand that it be recognized as a “Jewish state,” and with the
2002 Arab Initiative back in the forefront.
With pressure mounting on Abbas to agree to an extension
of the Kerry mandate which expires at the end of the month, the Palestinian
Authority president apparently feels that re-focusing on the 2002 plan, whose
tenets are virtually the same as his bargaining position in the Kerry talks,
will provide the support he needs to press his case and to avoid being painted
as the obstacle to progress.
Abbas warned that all bets are off if Israel fails to
release the fourth and final group of 104 prisoners it agreed to set free in
order to jump start the Kerry talks. There has been speculation that this
gesture unpopular in among illegal Jewish settlers would be halted if there is
no tangible progress in the peace process but Israel is yet to show its
willingness for the peace deal.
Palestinians are now being occupied and attacked by
Israeli military and illegal Jews and as such any demand from of “recognition’
makes no sense.
Israel can request for recognition only when Palestine
becomes a free nation. That makes some sense.
Abbas has been demanding to halt the colonization move by
Israelis and stop all illegal settlement construction. Without a freeze of
settlements, there can be no real progress in the peace talks.
As Kerry’s timetable is winding down without any real
deal, Obama should get top US politicians from both Democrats and Republicans
that have close links with Israeli leadership and Zionist lobbyists to pursue dismantling
f illegal settlements which would work in favor of peace in the region.
Others wise, Israeli talks are meaningless.
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