Thursday, June 27, 2002

Saudis Support Bush's Policy but Say It Lacks Vital Details
"People are sick and tired of interim plans, interim solutions," said Mohamed Kamal, a political science professor at Cairo University. It was for that reason that Arab governments had pressed for a detailed American plan that would address specific issues like the status of Jerusalem, a timetable for withdrawing from settlements, and the return of Palestinian refugees.

"The political process is essential to curb the violence," Prince Saud said. "Without this political process, violence can be stopped for awhile, but not curbed forever.

"Therefore it is our sense that a political process that will be convincing to both sides will also be convincing to curb the violence," he said. "Without that, nothing can be done, which is why we think it is important to identify the sequences to the ideas that were in the president's speech."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/27/international/middleeast/27ARAB.html

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