This is an absolute joke. I have to admit that I get furious when I read nonsense like this. Yet despite these barely veiled threats, no doubt the Western nations will still contniue to apply pressure on Israel to accept such a proposed “peace”. And sadly, my country is leading the way in this regard. Yet we fail to remeber that even those who stand by and watch will be punished as if they were one of her enemies:

“As you have done to Israel, so it will be done to you. Your deeds will boomerang upon your own heads. For you deserted Israel in his time of need. You stood aloof, refusing to lift a finger to help him when invaders carried off his wealth and divided Jerusalem among them. You were as one of his enemies.” Obadiah TLB

In a statement betraying the true intentions of the Arab world, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Tuesday warned Israel to accept the pan-Arab peace proposal as is or face war.

The Arab League convened in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss the plan, which was first presented by Saudi King Abdullah at a Beirut meeting of the organization in 2002.

It offers Israel the promise of peace with its neighbors in return for surrendering every inch of land liberated in 1967 and opening its borders to millions of foreign-born Arabs who called themselves “Palestinian refugees.”

Israel’s failure to accept these “generous” terms means it must want war, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal told Britain’s Daily Telegraph.

If Israel refuses, that means it doesn’t want peace and it places everything back into the hands of fate. They will be putting their future not in the hands of the peacemakers but in the hands of the lords of war.

Prince Saud went on to reiterate that the Arabs have no intention of altering the plan to accommodate Israeli concerns, and claimed that reaching out to Israel never achieved anything for the Arabs.

In doing so he completely ignored that by reaching out only a very little bit (and then never actually fulfilling his promises), Yasser Arafat gained a great deal from Israel.

Despite its clearly dangerous language, Israeli leaders have actually voiced optimism over the proposal, stating that it could serve as a basis for regional peace if only the issue of “Palestinian” refugees were removed.

The vast majority of Israelis recognize that to bow to the demand for an Arab “right of return” would demographically destroy the Jewish state.

Yasser Arafat and his deputies used to boast that the right of return was their diplomatic trump card to win the battle against Israel’s existence.

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