Arab ministers mull review of peace offer

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Reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers threatened on Wednesday to reconsider a longstanding Arab offer of peace with Israel and condemned recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip as "crimes against humanity".

They said in a statement: "For the Arab side to continue to offer the Arab peace initiative, it will be linked with Israel's implementation of its basic international commitments."

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa told a news conference the foreign ministers would make recommendations on peace strategy to an Arab summit in Damascus later this month.

"The matter must be restudied. What is the benefit? What is the strategy which must be adopted in the light of the complete rejection of the hand stretched out?" he added.

The ministers did not mention any possible alternatives to the 2002 peace initiative, which offered Israel normal relations with all Arab countries in return for withdrawal to the borders as they stood on the eve of the 1967 war.

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The wording is so rich.... Arab ministers threatened to reconsider their longstanding offer of peace.

They threaten Israel (presumably) with a peace offer. Oh no! Not that! We're in deep now! Anything but the peace offer. It's the ultimate weapon. So difficult to resist. The damage to all the years of propaganda and disinformation.

Israeli leadership better take this threat seriously. These Arab ministers might just break out with the dreaded peace offer again.

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1. Normal relations, meaning what?

No nonstop rockets, but no trade or other collaboration either, and nonstop anti-semitism in the press (like in Egypt and Jordan)?

It's a weird peace at best.

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2. I know a peace offer is a scary thing

There's no excuse not to take it at face value and move forward however.