Japan: Peace Is Here If You Want It - But You Have To Use Your Imagination. And Be Really Stupid.

That's really what we're supposed to call this idiocy?

The foreign ministers of Israel, Jordan and Japan met Wednesday with senior Palestinian Authority officials, including Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Jericho to discuss an initiative to further develop agricultural-industrial cooperation between Israel, the PA and Jordan, dubbed "The Corridor for Peace and Prosperity." The initiative entails a joint agro-industrial park slated for the Jordan Valley, and the designation of containers for marketing goods to Jordan, from where they will be distributed to the rest of the world. These projects are likely to be part-funded by Japan.

They were going to call it the "Tunnel for Peace and Prosperity", but Hamas already trademarked that for their new terror tunnel out of Gaza - which, by the by, got dismantled yesterday.

And yet, this is still not even close to the dumbest thing Aso has ever said about the Middle East. And no worries, - peace is already on the horizon:

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said he hoped such joint projects would support the peace process, though Israel and the Palestinians sounded circumspect given the crisis in Gaza... [But] Aso said he believed that Abbas, together with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad and other "experienced politicians" would find a way to bring Gaza and the West Bank together "through various negotiations and discussions". Aso did not spell out how such unity would be accomplished.

... but then added that it would involve magic unicorns, pixie dust, and UN resolutions blasting Israel for imagined human rights violations. And at least one of those things is easily manufactured - some would even say common.

References:
* Officials from Israel, Japan, Jordan, PA discuss economic cooperation in Jericho [Ha'aretz]
* IDF uncovers Gaza tunnel intended for terror attack [Ha'aretz]
* Dumbest Quote About International Diplomacy. Ever. [MR]

Previously:
* The UN Has Been Screwing Israel For Decades
* UN: Murder of Jews Not Really Our Problem
* Israel Politely Requests That UN Allow UNIFIL Soldiers To Do Their Damn Jobs

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