“President Bush is confident about the road he wants to travel,” the Saudi Foreign Minister told Newsweek, “and I think Prime Minister Sharon better listen... He talked about a two-state solution, he talked about bringing back the roadmap, he talked about the Arab peace plan [the Saudi proposal of 2002] as an adjunct to the roadmap—all these are encouraging signs."
Saud was pleased that he was invited to Bush's ranch after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, implying that this gave him the chance to have the last word. Saud will meet tomorrow in Sharm el-Sheikh with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
The dangers of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan have been outlined and detailed by countless experts. Such a state would be "the world's worst nightmare," writes Middle East analyst Emanuel A. Winston, and "the last link in a string of terrorist states that will stretch from Algeria through Sudan, soon Egypt and then [others]... They will not only incubate new terror groups but will also increase their linkage and operational efficiency for major strikes against America - as well as Israel. Imagine bin Laden's network now fully operational in 60 countries, integrating fully with Arafat's network!"
Others have written of the PA's cooperation with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and its refusal to arrest terrorists. Just yesterday, under Egyptian pressure, the PA released two Hamas terrorists it had arrested the day before. It is also feared with a degree of certainty that foreign Arab enemy troops would enter the borders of such a state shortly after its creation.
From the demographic angle, Michael Wise, co-author of The 1.5-Million-Arab Population Gap, writes that a significant risk associated with any two-state plan is being ignored. "PA control of any part of the West Bank could result in the arrival of 2-2.5 million Palestinian 'refugees' over the course of 3-5 years," Wise writes. "Prime Minister Sharon recently said that Palestinian refugees cannot return to Israel, but may return to the new Palestinian State."
The first to arrive, Wise feels, would be the more than 400,000 who have been living in abject poverty in Lebanon, to be followed soon after by up to millions more in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and elsewhere. "The opportunity to be resettled in Palestine with enormous global financial and political support will be very attractive and immediately accepted by those refugees. The European Union, the United Nations, the United States, Russia and others will finance the growth and economic development of Palestine."
Saud was pleased that he was invited to Bush's ranch after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, implying that this gave him the chance to have the last word. Saud will meet tomorrow in Sharm el-Sheikh with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
The dangers of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan have been outlined and detailed by countless experts. Such a state would be "the world's worst nightmare," writes Middle East analyst Emanuel A. Winston, and "the last link in a string of terrorist states that will stretch from Algeria through Sudan, soon Egypt and then [others]... They will not only incubate new terror groups but will also increase their linkage and operational efficiency for major strikes against America - as well as Israel. Imagine bin Laden's network now fully operational in 60 countries, integrating fully with Arafat's network!"
Others have written of the PA's cooperation with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and its refusal to arrest terrorists. Just yesterday, under Egyptian pressure, the PA released two Hamas terrorists it had arrested the day before. It is also feared with a degree of certainty that foreign Arab enemy troops would enter the borders of such a state shortly after its creation.
From the demographic angle, Michael Wise, co-author of The 1.5-Million-Arab Population Gap, writes that a significant risk associated with any two-state plan is being ignored. "PA control of any part of the West Bank could result in the arrival of 2-2.5 million Palestinian 'refugees' over the course of 3-5 years," Wise writes. "Prime Minister Sharon recently said that Palestinian refugees cannot return to Israel, but may return to the new Palestinian State."
The first to arrive, Wise feels, would be the more than 400,000 who have been living in abject poverty in Lebanon, to be followed soon after by up to millions more in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and elsewhere. "The opportunity to be resettled in Palestine with enormous global financial and political support will be very attractive and immediately accepted by those refugees. The European Union, the United Nations, the United States, Russia and others will finance the growth and economic development of Palestine."