Let's hope that the upcoming meeting in Moscow will be fruitful and will put an end to the Zionist occupation of Palestine or at least the end of illegal settlements....



April 17, 2008



Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in Russia to prepare for this summer’s Middle East peace talks in Moscow. During his three-day visit Abbas is expected to finalise arrangements for the conference, which should take place sometime in mid-June.

Mahmoud Abbas received an honorary doctorate from Moscow State Institute of International Relations and gave a lecture to its top students.
However, the main goal of the head of the Palestinian National Authority is to prepare for the Middle East conference, which he says could save the peace process.

“We feel this will be a vital conference, which should help advance the peace process between Palestinians and Israelis, and promote peace in the Middle East,” Abbas said.
Later the Palestinian leader is set to meet with several important Russian figures, including Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia.
The Russian President and Mahmoud Abbas are expected to discuss the peace process. Palestine is calling for Israel to halt the expansion of settlements and dismantle illegal settlements.

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Have not their been a number of such meetings? If I want to sit down and make peace, why am I increasing the levels of 'collateral damage' NYT Photo of Palestinian Boy lying wounded on bycycle by errant Israeli Missile?