Belaboring
Looking at the minutes of the meeting that was reported in Ha'aretz. Now I was skeptical of the Saudi position as presented in the Friedman article, but if you wonder why there's so much difficulty reaching peace in the Middle East, check out Yemen's statement:

"The continuation by the Israeli Government of its bloody military campaign had led to an escalation in the number of victims and injured among the Palestinian people, and damage to infrastructures and structures of the Palestinian Authority. Israel continued an inhuman blockade, preventing Palestinians from moving in freedom. The Government of Israel should shoulder all responsibilities for its violations of human rights and the crimes and terrorism it committed against the Palestinian people, in violation of international humanitarian law."

Looks like everyone over there is ready to hug the Israelis doesn't it?
- posted by levinson @ 2/28/2002 08:28:00 AM