King Abdullah II of Jordan was present Wednesday for the first direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in two years. The King warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that failure to produce peace would be a victory for the terrorists.
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All eyes are upon us, Abdullah said. He praised President Barack Obama for serving as an “honest broker and partner.” Obama is overseeing the meeting between Netanyahu and Abbas.
“Solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state solution is the key to regional peace which leads to normal relations between Israel and 57 Arab and Muslim nations that have endorsed the Arab Peace Initiative,” the King said prior to the meeting.
He also underlined the need “to spare no effort in addressing all final-status issues with a view to reaching the two-state solution.”
The King added that the two-state solution is ” the only solution that guarantees the interests of all and the only solution that can create a future worthy of our great region, a future of peace, in which fathers and mothers can raise their children without fear and young people can look forward to lives of achievement and hope and 300 million people can cooperate for mutual benefit.”
The price of failure , King Abdullah warned, will be too high for all.
He also said, ”Peace is also a right for every citizen in our region and for too long too many people of the region have been denied, their most basic of human rights to live in peace, security and dignity.”
The King added, “Our peoples want peace, and we can do so if we approach these negotiations with good will, sincerity and courage.”
King Abdullah and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak are the two leaders who will help with the negotiations. Both of their countries are the only Arab nations will peace agreements with Israel.
Sources: AP, Ammon News
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