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November 10, 2004
Amr Moussa: Arafat was never obstacle to peace

JERUSALEM POST: Amr Moussa: Arafat was never obstacle to peace

The future of the Middle East depends on the commitment of the United States and Israel to a Palestinian state, not on the life or death of Yasser Arafat, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Wednesday.

"It depends on the attitude of the Israeli government whether there will be a real moving ahead and offering to reach peace or not," Moussa said on being asked how Arafat's death would affect the Mideast peace process.

"President Arafat was never an obstacle to peace," Moussa told a conference at the Hotel Ritz in Madrid. "He was sometimes a pretext (for others) not to move toward peace.

"People can go, leaders can go, human beings live and die but the cause, the rights, the people never do," Moussa said.

Posted by Laurence Simon at November 10, 2004 12:02 PM | TrackBack
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What an absolute crock. Really, these guys should save their delusional statements for a crowd that would believe them.

If Arafat truly wanted peace, then I doubt Israel would be building a fence right now.

Honestly, someone should invent a BS-o-meter I'm sure we'll be hearing stuff that will peg the needle in the red.

Posted by: skip [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 10, 2004 05:03 PM

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