Comments on: Rice is up against The Wall – it’s crunch time in Palestine

By: A Palestinian State - or a “functional solution”? | Palestine-Mandate

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:18:05 +0000

[...] On her last trip to the region in late October, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said in Ramallah, in what the Associated Press is describing as one of her most forceful statements yet, that ” ‘‘Frankly, it’s time for the establishment of a Palestinian state … I wanted to say in my own voice to be able to say to as many people as possible that the United States sees the establishment of a Palestinian state and a two-state solution as absolutely essential for the future, not just of Palestinians and Israelis but also for the Middle East and indeed to American interest’, she said”. See Rice is Up Against The Wall in UN-Truth.com here. [...]

By: Palestine-Mandate » Blog Archive » There is oppression

Palestine-Mandate » Blog Archive » There is oppression — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:14:41 +0000

[...] A week ago, during U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s latest attempt at what used to be called “shuttle diplomacy”, this time between Israelis and the Palestinian Authority, the Associated Press reported that the Israeli Defense Minister (and former Prime Minister) Ehud Barak, after meeting Rice, “issued a statement saying the [Israeli] military’s freedom of movement in the West Bank was a ‘fundamental principle that must be demanded in the future as well’.” The AP did note drily that these comments “came despite long-standing Palestinian demands for a reduced Israeli presence in the West Bank”. See the post published in UN-Truth here. [...]

By: admin

admin — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:55:47 +0000

I wonder what lengths we will go to if these problmes are not resolved? Rice seems to be backing off in many respects — now the peace conference (or “meeting”) that is supposed to be held before the end of the year (if not later) is only some kind of prelude ahead of any real work to negotiate a two-state solution. Kol Israel reports this morning that “a joint declaration of intentions between the Israelis and Palestinians is being formulated ahead of the international conference planned for November in Annapolis, Maryland. The declaration would relate to the core issues of Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees and permanent borders but would offer no solutions”. So, still no solutions??? Apparently, the gaps are still wide. After a Rice-Livni meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, the Israeli Foreign Minister said that the purpose of the current talks is to reach as broad an understanding as possible: Israel is ready to compromise in a way that “will enable us to realize the goal of two states while protecting our core national and security interests. We hope to discover the same willingness on the Palestinian side”, Livni said. Rice said that with more hard work, and if (IF) there were progress on these issues, then there was “a reasonable chance of success in moving forward on the vision of two states living side by side in peace and freedom”, etc. This doesn’t sound too good to me, right now …

By: John Joyce

John Joyce — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:09:24 +0000

Do you have any doubt at all where the problems lie ? I am sure that Ms Rice can see but what can, or will, she do to correct them ?
Maybe making transparent our determination in resolving them and the lenghts we will go if necessary.