Not Worth the Paper It's Written On
Jordan, having successfully made peace with Israel (read: "being given massive international and US aid in exchange for severing diplomatic relations with Israel whenever we feel like it") is now trying to tell everyone else in the Arab world about the sweet deal they got:
Jordan is working behind the scenes with other Arab countries on an initiative in which all the Arab countries would make peace with Israel in exchange for Israel promising a viable Palestinian state... The "Arab initiative" will be an upgraded version of the "Saudi Initiative"...
The previous initiative, which Israel dismissed as not being serious, offered Israel security and "normal relations" in exchange for a withdrawal from all occupied territories, the creation of an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital and the "return of refugees."
Abdullah said the previous document was "fairly far-reaching."
"If Israelis could go through the document, I think they'd realize we really tried to reach out and address all their concerns, even on issues that are very sensitive to the Israeli public, [such as] the refugees," he said.
Abdullah expressed surprise that Israel rejected the offer, but said maybe the Arabs needed better "articulation."
This is like when the MoveOn crowd says that the reason that most Americans don't like their sex-change-on-demand platform is because "they just haven't gotten their message out". It just can't be the case that Israelis would object to being overrun by millions and millions of their radicalized, sworn enemies. The Jordanians figure that if Israel is willing to entertain their totally unreasonable demands, why not the rest of the Arab world?
Jordan is working behind the scenes with other Arab countries on an initiative in which all the Arab countries would make peace with Israel in exchange for Israel promising a viable Palestinian state... The "Arab initiative" will be an upgraded version of the "Saudi Initiative"...
The previous initiative, which Israel dismissed as not being serious, offered Israel security and "normal relations" in exchange for a withdrawal from all occupied territories, the creation of an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital and the "return of refugees."
Abdullah said the previous document was "fairly far-reaching."
"If Israelis could go through the document, I think they'd realize we really tried to reach out and address all their concerns, even on issues that are very sensitive to the Israeli public, [such as] the refugees," he said.
Abdullah expressed surprise that Israel rejected the offer, but said maybe the Arabs needed better "articulation."
This is like when the MoveOn crowd says that the reason that most Americans don't like their sex-change-on-demand platform is because "they just haven't gotten their message out". It just can't be the case that Israelis would object to being overrun by millions and millions of their radicalized, sworn enemies. The Jordanians figure that if Israel is willing to entertain their totally unreasonable demands, why not the rest of the Arab world?
