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Rice: Now Is Time for Palestinian State
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza said Monday it was "time for the establishment of a Palestinian state," and described Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts as the most serious in years.
An international peace conference expected to take place in Annapolis, Md., in November has to be substantive, Rice said at a news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
"We frankly have better things to do than invite people to Annapolis for a photo op," she said.
Israelis and Palestinians, Rice added, are making their "most serious effort" in years to resolve the conflict.
"Frankly, it's time for the establishment of a Palestinian state," she added.
Rice is on a four-day shuttle mission, trying to create some common ground ahead of the meeting. A State Department official hinted on Sunday that the conference might be postponed because of the gaps between the two sides.
The Israelis and Palestinians are trying to work out an outline for a final peace deal ahead of the Annapolis conference, but tensions arose on Sunday when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his Cabinet that he did not regard that outline as a prerequisite for the meeting to take place.
The Palestinians said that without such a document, they would not attend.
Israel has been pushing for a vaguely worded document while the Palestinians want a detailed outline, complete with a timetable for establishing a Palestinian state.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza said Monday that Israelis and Palestinians are making their most serious effort in years to resolve their conflict, which she called "one of the highest priorities" of the Bush administration.
An international peace conference expected to take place in Annapolis, Md., in November has to be substantive, Rice said at a news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
"We frankly have better things to do than invite people to Annapolis for a photo op," she said.
Israelis and Palestinians, Rice added, are making their "most serious effort" in years to resolve the conflict.
Rice is on a four-day shuttle mission, trying to create some common ground ahead of the meeting. A State Department official hinted on Sunday that the conference might be postponed because of the gaps between the two sides.
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Just an observation...
Perhaps the global warming non-issue crisis will persuade everyone to lay down their guns and work together for the sake of "mother Earth?"
Again...just a thought.
In Christ,
Mike
Perhaps the global warming non-issue crisis will persuade everyone to lay down their guns and work together for the sake of "mother Earth?"
Again...just a thought.
In Christ,
Mike
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Just an observation...
Perhaps the global warming non-issue crisis will persuade everyone to lay down their guns and work together for the sake of "mother Earth?"
Again...just a thought.
In Christ,
Mike
YESSSSS!!!!
Al gore, champion of mother earth nobel peace price...
what's strange is that he used to be my hubby's lawyer when my hubby had his insurance co.!!!
All is related...
Come to think, my hubby used to campaign with another guy, (presidential candidate) Fred Thompson...
i guess that Jesus DID HIT THE USA TODAY!!!
GORE IS THE A/C!
YIKES!
(just joking)
GORE IS THE A/C!
YIKES!
(just joking)
you know - that's a real worry - I saw on another forum briefly yesterday that a group of muslim scholars have written to Pope Benedict and saying that 'we must get along'. I'll go get the thingy in a minny 
What is worrying in is what happened after WWII when Israel became a State. It was forced upon the people of Palestine - no questions asked. If Palestine is 'fixed' - we may get peace....and here comes the a/c. If it doesn't bring peace - we have a little more 'grace' before peace happens. It's a huge worry.
Most people would say - but you're a Christian - what do you have to worry about!? WEll - I have friends that aren't. And since a LOT of the End Times stuff in the Bible could be regarded as a mystery - we have so many diffrent points of view of what will happen, what will happen when - timing etc etc, well - it's sometink to think about - are you right with God? Could you prevail against torture? Are you ready to be a martyr etc - I mean - unlike when you are in labor - a very special kind of torture - you can't ask for pethedine or an epidural...whoa -just felt real dizzy then. better go find the thingy about the pope.
Okay - here tis - it's from godlike productions conspiracy forum....so you can work out the bits that are added by the op.
[i]Muslim letter to Pope Benedict call for peace with Christians-survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake-I WONDER WHY NOW-IS IT THREAT?
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Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians
Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:21am EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 130 Muslim scholars from around the globe called on Thursday for peace and understanding between Islam and Christianity, saying "the very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake".
In an unprecedented letter to Pope Benedict and other Christian leaders, 138 Muslim scholars said finding common ground between the world's biggest faiths was not simply a matter for polite dialogue between religious leaders.
"If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants," the scholars wrote.
"Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake," they wrote, adding that Islam and Christianity already agreed that love of God and neighbor were the two most important commandments of their faiths.
Relations between Muslims and Christians have been strained as al Qaeda has struck around the world and as the United States and other Western countries intervened in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Such a joint letter is unprecedented in Islam, which has no central authority that speaks on behalf of all worshippers.
The list of signatories includes senior figures throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. They represent Sunni, Shi'ite and Sufi schools of Islam.
Among them were the grand muftis of Egypt, Palestine, Oman, Jordan, Syria, Bosnia and Russia and many imams and scholars. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis.
Mustafa Cagrici, the mufti who prayed with Benedict in Istanbul's Blue Mosque last year, was also on the list, as was the popular Egyptian television preacher Amr Khaled.
"MAINSTREAM VOICES DROWNED OUT"
The letter was addressed to the Pope, leaders of Orthodox Christian churches, Anglican leader Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and the heads of the world alliances of the Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist and Reformed churches.
Williams said he welcomed it as "indicative of the kind of relationship for which we yearn in all parts of the world".
"The call to respect, peace and goodwill should now be taken up by Christians and Muslims at all levels and in all countries," he said.
A Vatican official in Rome said the Roman Catholic Church would not comment until it had time to read the letter.
Aref Ali Nayed, one of the signatories and a senior adviser to the Cambridge Interfaith Program at Cambridge University in Britain, said the signatories represented the "99.9 percent of Muslims" who follow mainstream schools and oppose extremism.
"In Islam we have had a problem for some time now where the mainstream voices are drowned out by a minority that choose violence," he said.
Nayed said organizers of the letter had set up an ad hoc network among Muslim leaders that could lead to more cooperation in future.
"These people don't take their signatures lightly," he said. "We are trying to institutionalize this so we don't lose it."
The overture to Christians could be followed by similar letters addressed to Jews or secularists, he added.
Pope Benedict sparked Muslim protests last year with a speech hinting Islam was violent and irrational. It prompted 38 Muslim scholars to write a letter challenging his view of Islam and accepting his call for serious Christian-Muslim dialogue.
Benedict repeatedly expressed regret for the reaction to the speech, but stopped short of a clear apology sought by Muslims.
The new letter argues in theological terms, giving quotes from the Koran and the Bible that show both Christianity and Islam considered love of God as their greatest commandment and love of neighbor as the second greatest.
"The basis for this peace and understanding already exists," it said. "It is part of the very foundational principles of both faiths: love of the one God and love of the neighbor."Link to Reuters
ANOTHER DECEPTION BY MUSLIMS?
ARE THEY SCARED OF DESTRUCTION OF MIDDLE EAST?
LOOKS LIKE TO LITTLE TO LATE.[u]
What is worrying in is what happened after WWII when Israel became a State. It was forced upon the people of Palestine - no questions asked. If Palestine is 'fixed' - we may get peace....and here comes the a/c. If it doesn't bring peace - we have a little more 'grace' before peace happens. It's a huge worry.
Most people would say - but you're a Christian - what do you have to worry about!? WEll - I have friends that aren't. And since a LOT of the End Times stuff in the Bible could be regarded as a mystery - we have so many diffrent points of view of what will happen, what will happen when - timing etc etc, well - it's sometink to think about - are you right with God? Could you prevail against torture? Are you ready to be a martyr etc - I mean - unlike when you are in labor - a very special kind of torture - you can't ask for pethedine or an epidural...whoa -just felt real dizzy then. better go find the thingy about the pope.
Okay - here tis - it's from godlike productions conspiracy forum....so you can work out the bits that are added by the op.
[i]Muslim letter to Pope Benedict call for peace with Christians-survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake-I WONDER WHY NOW-IS IT THREAT?
Quote
Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians
Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:21am EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 130 Muslim scholars from around the globe called on Thursday for peace and understanding between Islam and Christianity, saying "the very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake".
In an unprecedented letter to Pope Benedict and other Christian leaders, 138 Muslim scholars said finding common ground between the world's biggest faiths was not simply a matter for polite dialogue between religious leaders.
"If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants," the scholars wrote.
"Our common future is at stake. The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake," they wrote, adding that Islam and Christianity already agreed that love of God and neighbor were the two most important commandments of their faiths.
Relations between Muslims and Christians have been strained as al Qaeda has struck around the world and as the United States and other Western countries intervened in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Such a joint letter is unprecedented in Islam, which has no central authority that speaks on behalf of all worshippers.
The list of signatories includes senior figures throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. They represent Sunni, Shi'ite and Sufi schools of Islam.
Among them were the grand muftis of Egypt, Palestine, Oman, Jordan, Syria, Bosnia and Russia and many imams and scholars. War-torn Iraq was represented by both Shi'ites and Sunnis.
Mustafa Cagrici, the mufti who prayed with Benedict in Istanbul's Blue Mosque last year, was also on the list, as was the popular Egyptian television preacher Amr Khaled.
"MAINSTREAM VOICES DROWNED OUT"
The letter was addressed to the Pope, leaders of Orthodox Christian churches, Anglican leader Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and the heads of the world alliances of the Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist and Reformed churches.
Williams said he welcomed it as "indicative of the kind of relationship for which we yearn in all parts of the world".
"The call to respect, peace and goodwill should now be taken up by Christians and Muslims at all levels and in all countries," he said.
A Vatican official in Rome said the Roman Catholic Church would not comment until it had time to read the letter.
Aref Ali Nayed, one of the signatories and a senior adviser to the Cambridge Interfaith Program at Cambridge University in Britain, said the signatories represented the "99.9 percent of Muslims" who follow mainstream schools and oppose extremism.
"In Islam we have had a problem for some time now where the mainstream voices are drowned out by a minority that choose violence," he said.
Nayed said organizers of the letter had set up an ad hoc network among Muslim leaders that could lead to more cooperation in future.
"These people don't take their signatures lightly," he said. "We are trying to institutionalize this so we don't lose it."
The overture to Christians could be followed by similar letters addressed to Jews or secularists, he added.
Pope Benedict sparked Muslim protests last year with a speech hinting Islam was violent and irrational. It prompted 38 Muslim scholars to write a letter challenging his view of Islam and accepting his call for serious Christian-Muslim dialogue.
Benedict repeatedly expressed regret for the reaction to the speech, but stopped short of a clear apology sought by Muslims.
The new letter argues in theological terms, giving quotes from the Koran and the Bible that show both Christianity and Islam considered love of God as their greatest commandment and love of neighbor as the second greatest.
"The basis for this peace and understanding already exists," it said. "It is part of the very foundational principles of both faiths: love of the one God and love of the neighbor."Link to Reuters
ANOTHER DECEPTION BY MUSLIMS?
ARE THEY SCARED OF DESTRUCTION OF MIDDLE EAST?
LOOKS LIKE TO LITTLE TO LATE.[u]
May God forbid this evil plan. +
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Will Jesus hit the USA today?
If you think about it...He already has..by allowing us to go our own way.QUOTE
"Frankly, it's time for the establishment of a Palestinian state," she added.
It's almost like she's saying...Frankly it's time to establish once and for all that this nonsense about Israel being the "apple of God's eye" comes to an end... (shaking head) And we the people are the ones to do it.
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ANOTHER DECEPTION BY MUSLIMS?
ARE THEY SCARED OF DESTRUCTION OF MIDDLE EAST?
LOOKS LIKE TO LITTLE TO LATE.[u]
ARE THEY SCARED OF DESTRUCTION OF MIDDLE EAST?
LOOKS LIKE TO LITTLE TO LATE.[u]
Are you saying this letter is pure politics?
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Actually the moslems have a lot more to lose than the Christians.
If I hear the Islamic tenets, it means nothing to me in an absolute sense, because it won't rock my world.
If a moslem hears about Christ, and converts, they can face ostracisation and death.
Check out this google headline...QUOTE
Rice: 'It's time' to establish Palestinian state
New York Daily News, NY - 23 hours ago
Secretary of State Rice said today it's time to establish a Palestinian state, and she said it's in the best interest of the United States to do so. ...
New York Daily News, NY - 23 hours ago
Secretary of State Rice said today it's time to establish a Palestinian state, and she said it's in the best interest of the United States to do so. ...
And this:
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Headline News
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 by Staff Writer
Dividing Jerusalem will topple Olmert, caution gov't partners
The leaders of the right-of-center Israeli government coalition partners Shas and Israel Beiteinu warned visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday that they will quit the government and help bring about its downfall if the division of Jerusalem is offered by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at an upcoming peace summit in Annapolis, Maryland.....
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 by Staff Writer
Dividing Jerusalem will topple Olmert, caution gov't partners
The leaders of the right-of-center Israeli government coalition partners Shas and Israel Beiteinu warned visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday that they will quit the government and help bring about its downfall if the division of Jerusalem is offered by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at an upcoming peace summit in Annapolis, Maryland.....
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