A PARTNER FOR PEACE...

It always amuses me when I hear liberals talk about Iran representing a force for stability in the Middle-East. Get this.

"Iran has angrily dissociated itself from Arab and Islamic attempts to publicise a ground-breaking initiative offering to make peace with and recognise Israel.

Officials in Tehran are furious that the Iranian flag appeared on a full-page advert, published in The Guardian (Naturally, DV) and other newspapers in the Arab world and beyond, promoting the Saudi-brokered initiative, unveiled in 2002 and re-launched at the Riyadh Arab summit last year.

The plan calls for members of the Arab League to recognise Israel if Israel withdraws to its 1967 borders and agrees a just solution of the Palestinian issue and a comprehensive peace. It has also been endorsed by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, of which Iran, along with other Muslim countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, is a member.

But the Iranian Embassy in London protests in a letter to be published in tomorrow's Guardian that the Islamic Republic objects "to any move taken by some Arab countries to push the recognition of the occupying Zionist regime in any manner, including in Islamic conferences". It describes Israel as "the illegitimate and fabricated regime" and condemns the "abuse" of the Iranian flag. Remarks by Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, about Israel and the Holocaust and the suspicion that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons — which it strongly denies — have attracted widespread international controversy.

Promotion of the Arab peace initiative has also hit a snag with the refusal of some Arab newspapers to publish the advertisement because it includes an image of Israel's Star of David flag, underlining just how difficult it will be to promote normalisation with Israel while the Palestinian issue is not resolved.

The fact of the matter is that Arab nations are not looking for peace with Israel but they are quite prepared to take pieces of Israel, deal by deal. And this so-called Saudi initiative (Remember, the Saudis are our dear friends!) - which I believe Obama backs -  is just one more monumental fraud.

Comments

[Percy]

Percy's Mid-East solution:

Zionist state merges into one Palestinian State.
Iran gives up Nuclear ambitions.
Hamas/Hezbollah collect P45

All sides sign up to the Percy formula for peace.
No more problems......

[daytripper]

I fully expect foriegn policy to gravitate towards friendlier terms with Iran.

[Drunken Cyclist]

Much to the chagrin of everyone here, DT, who get hard-ons thinking about Tehran getting blown to pieces.

[RS]

DV seems unaware that Iran is NOT an Arab country.

[DSD]

Ethnically semi-Aryan, culturally Arab.