Charlie Rose

loulinka  12/02/2007 05:08 AM Report

I hope this time arround we manage to solve the problem once and for all, no more lost opportunities for the palestinians, had they negotiated earlier when they were invited by presided Sadat to sit at the negotiating table at Mena house, they would have had much much more than what they will be getting today.Had the United states applied what they preach to the world concernig democracy at the UN the palestinian israeli conflict would have been resolved years ago, We will never get anywhere with the right of Veto still being implemented at the UN, democracy means the right of the majority that does not apply at the UN when the issue concerns Israel, The US should think about the vote of the majority wich means democracy before they ask other nations to implement democracy, they attack a country like Egypt stating that there is no democracy, when have we had more democracy than now, people attack the government the head of the state in all opposition news papers, and we still see them writting, their papers are not banned and are still printing and attacking the regime, would they have dared done this during Nasser' reign .Israel has made its peace with Egypt land for peace, if they do the same with the Palestinians they will have their peace, one idea that came to mind was, why the persistance off the right of return, a clause should be implemented no more immigrants to israel and for each new immigrant two palestinians will have the right to return. where will all these immigrants go Palestinians feel threatend as well as the Arab world they will need more land and space to settle , that is why immigration should stop. help the palestinians live a humane life and they will want stability,but remember you will never have peace unless it is on all fronts including Syria that has the Golan occupied. The money that is spent on arms spend it on housing education medication food and bettering the situation of the neady and you will have peace on earth.

May go light your path to a better peacefull world.

Morad Ibrahim  12/02/2007 04:36 AM Report

watching the Egyptian minister and listening to his words make me think that I am listening to the Israeli foreign minister. I am an Egyptian and I am really sad that we have such a light weight person representing Egypt outside. He only represents the brutal and corrupt regime which governs Egypt for the last 26 years with blessing of the USA and "the free world". The problem in the middle east starts with creation of Israel not with Iran.

It is Israel who occupied lands for more than thirty years not Iran. It is Israel who has 200 atomic bombs not Iran . It is Israel who kills every day arabs and Not Iran. If the Egyptian foriegn Minster does not know these basic facts he does not deserve to represent a country which one day was the champion defending the Arabs and the Palastinians. The problem is that Egypt have lost its role of leading the Arab world to a country as the Saudia who represents the tribal world of middle ages.

john st. clair  11/28/2007 06:31 AM Report

conflict. need for resources. Ideology, a political tool. Exploit the noble cause, Diffuse participation. 5:30...

Ariel  11/28/2007 12:16 AM Report

Seems pretty typical of an Egyptian minister. Essentially, when the issue has to do with Israel, they side with the Arab world and condemn Israel's right to security measures to protect its citizens, while simultaneously standing its ground when it comes to issues such as Iran's growing influence in the region. I think Egypt could do more, but I think that they have a huge issue on the domestic front in terms of confronting other Islamic states.

There's a slogan in arabic culture: If my brother steals from me, I fight him; If my cousin steals from me, my brother and I fight him; if a stranger steals from me, my cousin, my brother and I fight him. As you can see, the Arabs will only be of assistance if they are not offending there compadres. This is the arab "animal spirit" and I dont ever see it ceasing. In the meantime, one might argue that the true balance of power lies in competing middle power arab states, thus keeping one other in check. The Saudi's will continue to play a large role, while the Egyptians, Jordanians and other middle powers sit on the sidelines and focus on domestic matters.

Anton Grambihler  11/27/2007 03:41 PM Report

Mideast leaders meeting in Maryland

This should not take long. The only thing to negotiate is how much longer the United States is going to allow Israel to violate International Law and United Nations resolutions before Israel is invaded and forced back to its International Boundaries like was done with Iraq when it invaded Kuwait.

To eliminate the need for a second invasion, a constitution will be written for Israel and approved by the people living in Israel and all the Palestine Refuges.