Our Friends the Saudis ‘Appear’ To Back Us
Charles Johnson
Tue Aug 7, 2007 at 9:22 am PDT • Views: 296
Reuters does their best to spin the latest Saudi garbage as though it were fine jewelry, but this is very obviously no change at all: Saudi says Palestinian state should be ‘viable’.
RIYADH, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia voiced support on Tuesday for a U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference and said a future Palestinian state should be “viable” on contiguous territory, apparently backing Washington’s stand on the issue.
Washington backs Israel in its rejection of a withdrawal from all of the lands it occupied in the 1967 Middle East war, and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal appeared to endorse that position in a statement that did not call for full withdrawal but used U.S. language about a “viable” state.
They may have “appeared” to back the US position to Reuters, but this is a terminal case of wishful thinking.
“We have noted a wide Arab and international welcome for the positive elements in the American initiative, especially since the idea of holding an international conference was an Arab demand,” Prince Saud said at a news conference in Jeddah, which was aired on state television.
“The success of this conference depends on dealing with the core issues of the conflict and a comprehensive solution, establishing a viable Palestinian state on contiguous territory, dismantling settlements and solving the problem of the refugees and Jerusalem,” the senior Saudi royal said.
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