Monday, November 26, 2007

Arabs doubt prospects for peace parley


Protestor Helene Storch demonstrates at a gate to the U.S. Naval Academy prior to the Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, November 26, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)

"Despite deep doubts back home about what they can accomplish, senior Arab officials from countries like Saudi Arabia and Syria agreed to sit down here with Israel to show their commitment to an Arab peace initiative, shore up the Palestinians and, in some cases, simply because they felt they could not say no."

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