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CHN Commentary 9-30-98
The Mid East March to Peace
What should we liken it too..??
A director calling out to his actors that the break is over, "so everyone
please take your places"...
Or, the conductor taping his baton to regain his orchestra's attention....
Whatever the analogy..... HERE WE GO AGAIN......!!
After months of marching in place, progress on the Israeli/Palestinian
peace talks has taken a sudden step
forward.
With Yasser Arafat preparing to address the United Nations General
Assembly on Monday afternoon, 9-28-98,
presumably to announce to the world body that he intends to declare
Palestinian Statehood in May, 1999, a
meeting with President Clinton and Benyamin Netanyahu at the White House
earlier that morning seemed to have
changed his plans.
The most provocative statement he could muster in addressing the member
states was, "stand by our people,
especially as the five-year transitional period provided for in the
Palestinian-Israeli agreements will end on 4 May
1999, and our people demand of us to shoulder our responsibilitie and they
await the establishment of their
independent state."
And now, on Tuesday he returns to Washington for another meeting with
Clinton, out of which comes Arafat's
agreement to an Israeli proposal for a joint security arrangement over the
3% of the 13% [you do remember all
that] of the land that stands between both of them and getting to the
"final status issues".
And of course, "final status issues" for the most part means the sharing
of Jerusalem as both of their capitols, and
the rebuilding of the Jewish temple on the Temple Mount.
So, both Yasser and Bibi have agreed to return to Washington for a Summit
with Clinton as early as Mid October
to close the deal on the West bank and get to "final status".
In the mean time, Dennis Ross and Madeline Albright will continue working
closely with both parties in
preparation for the Summit.
Now, while the Peace Process is once again becoming focused upon [and very
timely, if this next window is the
Rapture window] we can now turn some of our attention to the other "key
player" whose name isn't being
mentioned at this time, and for good reason........and that is, His
Majesty King Hussein.
As you may or may not know, the King has been living in the United States
for the past two months undergoing
extensive chemotherapy treatments for his life threatening lymphoma
cancer. He has just completed the third set
of treatments in a six set series, and even though initially things looked
very bleak for the King, lo and behold, the
treatments have taken a miraculous turn for the best, and it now appears
that he is going to overcome yet another
major hurdle in a life filled with obstacles on his path of destiny.
In other words, he'll be at the table when they cut the deal on Jerusalem,
and they'll all agree then, that they
couldn't have done it without him......!!!!!!!! He is THE MAN, and his
time approaches in direct sequence with the
Church's departure... The man of sin will be revealed after the Church is
Raptured..!!
What we will now "watch" in the next two weeks is how the preparation for
the Washington Summit is working,
and then the Summit itself.
And remember, all the other "last day" prophecy's must be continuing to
work themselves into position for the
time when they too will be fulfilled... things like: The world financial
crisis, Russia moving back to communism, the
upheaval of the world weather patterns, etc.........
We'll be watching...........
Jesus is Lord....
Luke 12:37
JORDAN TIMES 9-29-98
Arafat backs off announcement on Palestinian state
Key Statement "...He called on U.N. member states to "stand by our people,
especially as the five-year
transitional period provided for in the Palestinian-Israeli agreements
will end on 4 May 1999, and our people
demand of us to shoulder our responsibilities and they await the
establishment of their independent state."..."
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Monday failed
to announce at the United Nations his
intention of unilaterally declaring a Palestinian state in May.
Arafat, disappointed by progress with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin
Netanyahu, had been expected to make a bold
declaration on statehood in his speech to the 185-nation U.N. General
Assembly.
It is the first time Arafat has addressed the assembly's annual two-week
debate, reserved for U.N. member states.
However Arafat, who appeared here fresh from talks in Washington with
Netanyahu and U.S. President Bill Clinton, spoke of
plans for a Palestinian state only in general terms.
He declared: "I look forward to speaking to you once more when Palestine
takes its natural place in the community of nations,"
and departed from his text to add: "as an independent state."
He called on U.N. member states to "stand by our people, especially as the
five-year transitional period provided for in the
Palestinian-Israeli agreements will end on 4 May 1999, and our people
demand of us to shoulder our responsibilities and they
await the establishment of their independent state."
"This independent Palestinian state must be established as an embodiment
of the right of our people to self-determination."
Israel and the United States had pressed Arafat not to use the
international podium here to spell out his intentions to unilaterally
declare statehood in May 1999.
Arafat has repeatedly vowed in the past that he would announce a
Palestinian state on May 4, the date when an interim
self-rule period ends according to Israeli-Palestinian accords.
Arafat stressed that his Palestinian National Authority still supported
the peace process, saying: "There is no alternative to
peace."
"We have not lost hope in the peace process, and we will continue to
implement our obligations in accordance with the existing
agreements," he said.
But he blamed Netanyahu for recent setbacks, and stressed that Israel must
also live up to its obligations.
Wagging his finger, Arafat said: "It is not admissible for Israel to
continue dominating the Palestinian people, and everyone is
aware that 100 per cent peace means 100 per cent security and 100 per cent
freedom."
Arafat challenged Washington to make public its initiative providing for
Israel to hand over to the Palestinians 13 per cent of
the West Bank.
"We call upon the U.S. co-sponsor to declare its initiative and to
publicly and clearly announce the responsibility of the party
that is impeding peace," Arafat said.
Although the U.S. proposals have been widely discussed in the media, they
have not been officially made public.
The Palestinian leader hailed Clinton's announcement Monday of a summit
with Arafat and Netanyahu in Washington in
mid-October, saying the U.S. president "graciously took an important step
to save the peace process and to push it forward."
He also called on other concerned parties to intensify efforts, including
Russia, which is the other Middle East peace process
co-sponsor, China, Japan and the European Union.
He said U.N. member states should support a Franco-Egyptian initiative for
an international conference "to save the peace
process from the dangerous crisis it has reached."
Arafat, his lips trembling as he delivered his address, was warmly
applauded as he approached the General Assembly podium.
He bowed and shakily raised his arm in acknowledgement of the applause.
However, in line with U.N. protocol, he was not accorded the privilege of
sitting in a chair beside the podium, which is
reserved for heads of state as they prepare to address the assembly.
Arafat addressed the debate in line with a General Assembly resolution in
July which upgraded the status of Palestine
delegation at the United Nations — although the Palestine mission still
has only observer status here.
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