Friday, March 19, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Quartet to Israel: Freeze settlements - 'Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months. The statement further condemned "the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in east Jerusalem."...Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the statement, but said the real test would be whether Israel would act according to the Quartet's demands...' [Responsibility for Abbas: Nothing.]
