Obstacle to peace

[Mosby]

Forget the settlements. If the world truly wants to identify an obstacle to peace, it could do much worse than cast its eyes toward Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa.

For nearly 18-years Amr Moussa, first as Egypt's foreign minister for a decade, and then for the last eight years as head of the Arab League, has worked mightily to poison the atmosphere against Israel.

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This week, however, Moussa outdid himself. With US envoy George Mitchell trying to line up some normalization gestures from the Arab states toward Israel as part of a package to relaunch the diplomatic process, Moussa did what he could to stand in the way.

At a press conference in Cairo with Hamas leader Khaled Mashal, Moussa warned there would be a harsh response against any Arab country making gestures to Israel. "It is impossible to talk of normalization when Israel refuses to take real steps," Moussa said. "No Arab state will offer Israel gifts on a silver platter."

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[ProgressiveMuslim]

1. 3 cheers for Amr Moussa!

No normalization with a violent military occupier! No normalization while Israel is operating an open air camp in Gaza.

Hopefully all in the Arab world will stand tall on this.

There is nothing NORMAL about a 40+ year brutal occupation of a civilian population.

BDS! BDS! BDS! BDS! BDS! BDS! BDS! BDS! BDS! BDS!