Israel rejects Arab peace plan

[oberliner]

Israel has refused to accept a revived Arab peace initiative, saying more negotiations are needed.

The plan, put forward after an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, offers Israel full diplomatic ties if it withdraws from all land seized in the 1967 war, allows the creation of a Palestinian state and the return of Palestinian refugees.

Amr Moussa, the league's secretary general, read out a "Riyadh Declaration" reaffirming its commitment to an initiative offered in 2002.

The declaration "affirms a just and comprehensive peace ... based on the principles and resolutions of international legitimacy and the land-for-peace formula".

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DC2BE1EB-92CC-4549-8A78-AD97C325EB4E.htm

[TomClash]

1. More negotiations will always be needed

. . . until the end of time.

[kaal]

2. I think it's time for an escalation of violence...

Israel need an excuse to invade the occupied territories and pin the terrorist Palestinians PM and Government, like they did to Arafat! The Palestinians must be forced to elect a more suitable PM acceptable to Israel.

At least with an escalation, the Arabs will forget about peace talks.