Een dag eerder werd nog in de kranten bericht dat de ministers van buitenlandse zaken van Egypte en Jordanië eind juli Israël zouden bezoeken namens de Arabische Liga, wat een historische doorbraak zou kunnen aangeven. De dag erop werd dit alweer ontkent: ze vertegenwoordigen alleen hun eigen landen, aldus de Egyptische minister donderdag.
Israël heeft een vredesverdrag met Jordanië en Egypte. Zij kunnen hun opvattingen geven, maar dit heeft weinig toegevoegde waarde voor wat betreft Israëls relatie met de rest van de Arabische wereld.
Haaretz schrijft:
A visit by Arab League officials would have marked an important diplomatic accomplishment for Israel. But many Arab countries considered such a move too hasty until Israel makes a gesture about the Arab peace-for-land plan relaunched by an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia in March.
Haaretz schrijft:
A visit by Arab League officials would have marked an important diplomatic accomplishment for Israel. But many Arab countries considered such a move too hasty until Israel makes a gesture about the Arab peace-for-land plan relaunched by an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia in March.
Het zou vooral ook een duidelijk teken zijn dat de Arabische Liga inderdaad geinteresseerd is in vrede met Israël. Premier Olmert heeft duidelijk gezegd dat hij met de Arabische Liga over het plan wil praten. Waarom een plan lanceren als je er niet met je tegenstander over wil praten? Het lijkt erop dat de Arabische Liga niet geinteresseerd is in overleg, vrede en een compromis, maar vooral bij de internationale gemeenschap wil scoren met een mooi klinkend maar vooralsnog weinig uitgewerkt plan. President Sadat kwam naar de Knesset indertijd. Deze moedige stap zorgde voor het vertrouwen dat leidde tot een totale Israëlische terugtrekking uit de Sinai in ruil voor een vredesverdrag. De Arabische Liga is duidelijk nog niet zo ver.
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Last update - 22:29 12/07/2007
Visit by Egypt, Jordan FMs will not be an Arab League mission
By The Associated Press
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/881322.html
The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan, due to visit Israel later this month, will not be representing the Arab League as previously reported, but rather will represent only their respective countries, Egypt's foreign minister said Thursday.
The announcement was made shortly after the State Department in Washington said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to postpone a visit to the region that had been planned for next week.
The Jordanian and Egyptian foreign ministers were recently reported to be acting as envoys from the Arab League on their upcoming visit.
Last update - 22:29 12/07/2007
Visit by Egypt, Jordan FMs will not be an Arab League mission
By The Associated Press
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/881322.html
The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan, due to visit Israel later this month, will not be representing the Arab League as previously reported, but rather will represent only their respective countries, Egypt's foreign minister said Thursday.
The announcement was made shortly after the State Department in Washington said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to postpone a visit to the region that had been planned for next week.
The Jordanian and Egyptian foreign ministers were recently reported to be acting as envoys from the Arab League on their upcoming visit.
This would have been the first such visit to Israel by the Arab League, which has historically been hostile toward it.
But Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said his visit to Israel with his Jordanian counterpart, planned for July 25, would only be on behalf of their respective countries.
"This is not a visit where the Arab League flag will be raised," Aboul Gheit told reporters. "This is a matter of principle."
On Wednesday the head of the 22-nation Arab League, Amr Moussa, also said the two foreign ministers would not be representing the League.
A visit by Arab League officials would have marked an important diplomatic accomplishment for Israel. But many Arab countries considered such a move too hasty until Israel makes a gesture about the Arab peace-for-land plan relaunched by an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia in March.
The offer promises full peace with all Arab nations if Israel withdraws from territories captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and allows the creation of a Palestinian state.
Israel rejected the plan outright when it was first presented in 2002, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has recently expressed willingness to discuss it.
Rice delayed her trip so that she can be accompanied to the region at the end of the month by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the State Department said.
Spokesman Sean McCormack said the changes do not connote any reduction in Bush administration commitment to furthering peace between Israel and the Palestinians, or that preoccupation with the Iraq war is crowding out other issues.
U.S. President George W. Bush announced at a news conference on Iraq on Thursday that he was sending Rice and Gates to the Middle East.
Rice last visited Israel and the West Bank in March, when she announced that Olmert and Abbas planned to meet every two weeks - a schedule that the two leaders were unable to meet.
Rice has also canceled a planned visit next week to Congo. She had been scheduled to become the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the volatile and mineral-rich central African nation in a decade.
But Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said his visit to Israel with his Jordanian counterpart, planned for July 25, would only be on behalf of their respective countries.
"This is not a visit where the Arab League flag will be raised," Aboul Gheit told reporters. "This is a matter of principle."
On Wednesday the head of the 22-nation Arab League, Amr Moussa, also said the two foreign ministers would not be representing the League.
A visit by Arab League officials would have marked an important diplomatic accomplishment for Israel. But many Arab countries considered such a move too hasty until Israel makes a gesture about the Arab peace-for-land plan relaunched by an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia in March.
The offer promises full peace with all Arab nations if Israel withdraws from territories captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and allows the creation of a Palestinian state.
Israel rejected the plan outright when it was first presented in 2002, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has recently expressed willingness to discuss it.
Rice delayed her trip so that she can be accompanied to the region at the end of the month by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the State Department said.
Spokesman Sean McCormack said the changes do not connote any reduction in Bush administration commitment to furthering peace between Israel and the Palestinians, or that preoccupation with the Iraq war is crowding out other issues.
U.S. President George W. Bush announced at a news conference on Iraq on Thursday that he was sending Rice and Gates to the Middle East.
Rice last visited Israel and the West Bank in March, when she announced that Olmert and Abbas planned to meet every two weeks - a schedule that the two leaders were unable to meet.
Rice has also canceled a planned visit next week to Congo. She had been scheduled to become the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the volatile and mineral-rich central African nation in a decade.
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