Last Thursday, the Jordanian news agency Petra cited the Arab
League chief, Nabil Al-Arabi, as saying that the "US plan concerning the peace
process is based on three axes; political, economic and security-related". The
Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot then offered an interesting interpretation of
this statement. The political axis, it said, was the resumption of talks. The
security axis was going to be left to the
During his last tour of the region, Kerry made no reference to the
Israeli settlements. Nor did he object when
Last
Friday, Kerry said that the best way to give the talks a chance was to keep
them "private". He declined to reveal the details of his plan as a result, and
the FCAPI had nothing to say. For now, the PLO leadership is also keeping its
cards close to its chest.
* This article was first published and
translated from Arabic by the Al-Ahram Weekly.
** Nicola Nasser is a veteran Arab journalist based in Bir
Zeit, West Bank of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Email address removed
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
