Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Israeli, Palestinian Analysts Doubtful International Summit Will Help

by Julie Stahl from CNSNews.com

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokeswoman Miri Eisen said that Israel sees an international summit as a way of steering Arab support to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Israel wants to see regional states such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Morocco, which have no diplomatic relations with Israel, participate in the conference, said Eisen ... While the conference probably will take place, it's doubtful that the Saudis would show upsaid Prof. Gerald Steinberg head of the Conflict Management program at Bar Ilan University. The Saudis, Palestinians and all the Arabs make promises and Israel is required to make some gesture involving its security and then the Arabs don't come through. "The Israelis have no reason to think the pattern will be broken," Steinberg said.

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