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- Abbas asks China to support Iran sanctions as Palestinians would
die in ME war [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/cd2466ada013c37f
- Iran: We'll cut off Israel's legs [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/e95fe7dc6d1f2d4d
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Topic: Abbas asks China to support Iran sanctions as Palestinians
would die in ME war
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/cd2466ada013c37f
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From: "Goodtiding" <goodtiding@gmail.com>
Date: May 01 09:01AM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/msg/5852e89676cf7b7d
Abbas asks China to support Iran sanctions as Palestinians would die in ME war
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 1, 2010, 11:16 AM (GMT+02:00)
Abbas welcomed by Hu Jintao
Chinese president Hu Jintao was taken by surprise by the Chairman of
the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas's plea to support tough
sanctions against Iran's nuclear program when they met in Shanghai
Saturday, May 1, debkafile's Middle East sources reveal. He was even
more taken aback by the argument that a Middle East war, a realistic
peril in the absence of sanctions, would cost the lives of many
Palestinians who would find themselves caught between the
belligerents.
Hu received the Palestinian leader after the gala opening of Shanghai
World Expo. According to Chinese sources, Abbas explained that for
once, most Arab nations - and the Palestinians, most of all - are
ranged on the same side as Israel and the West in their profound
anxiety about Iran's nuclear program and the threat it poses of
regional violence.
Abbas told the Chinese leader that he spoke on behalf of a majority of
Arab rulers, in particular, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, United
Arab Emirates president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zaed al-Nahyan and King
Abdullah II of Jordan.
Palestinian cities have no defenses against their rockets should Iran
and its allies, Syria, Hizballah and Hamas wage war against Israel, he
said, and thousands of Palestinians in the line of fire would pay with
their lives. He therefore pleaded with President Hu to drop his
objections to harsh sanctions against Iran at the UN Security Council
as the only way to avert a conflict that could spark a Middle East
conflagration.
Our sources note that this was the first time a Palestinian leader
supported Israel's position on any Middle East issue, undertaking a
mission to China in which several Israeli officials failed earlier
this year.
The Chinese leader's response is not known. However, one of Beijing's
main considerations in opposing painful sanctions against Iran,
including an embargo on refined fuel products and arms, is its
championship of the Third World nations' position that Security
Council sanctions are a blunt instrument all too often applied by the
big powers, especially United States, to bend them to their will.
Abbas' petition, in fact, complemented and underscored the Obama
administration's case for harsh sanctions against Iran, in terms of
economic benefit. Beijing need not fear repercussions from Tehran in
terms of its oil supplies, US officials have told Beijing, since Saudi
Arabia would be willing to make up any shortfall - and at cheaper
prices, to boot.
Abbas' arguments to Hu reinforced that pledge.
Saturday, too, the Arab League's monitoring committee was expected to
endorse the Palestinian leader's acceptance of the US plan for
launching indirect peace negotiations with Israel. US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton also voiced confidence Friday, April 30, that
proximity talks would begin next week. Next Monday, Israeli prime
minister Binyamin Netanyahu meets Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, before
the return to the region of the American Middle East envoy, George
Mitchell later in the week
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Topic: Iran: We'll cut off Israel's legs
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/e95fe7dc6d1f2d4d
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From: "Goodtiding" <goodtiding@gmail.com>
Date: May 01 08:55AM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/msg/c2005975c6297991
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=174400
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