U.S. Moves Ahead With "Road Map" For The Destruction Of Israel

The U.S. announced that it will continue with the creation of a PLO terrorist state regardless of whether the Palestinians stop murdering Jews or not. In other words, the PLO will achieve its dream of a fully internationally recognized terrorist training camp for the purpose of the final destruction of Israel without having to make a single concession in the short term. As usual, the appeasement obsessed cowards in the “Quartet” are willing to pay the ransom demanded by the terrorists in Jewish lives.

(Ha'aretz) The U.S. administration has told Israel it is ready to discuss an updated version of the "road map" for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, taking into consideration Israel's comments before the final draft is prepared.

If Israel wants to postpone discussions until after the elections, the United States will understand but will continue with its own efforts to complete the draft and bring it to a Quartet meeting on December 20.

Dov Weisglass, the prime minister's bureau chief, met yesterday with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants to postpone handing over Israel's formal response to the road map until after the elections and the establishment of the new government, which the premier assumes he will win.

Before yesterday's meeting, the Americans made it clear that they understand the constraints on Israel, but emphasized that President George W. Bush wants to complete the road map in order to implement the vision he espoused on June 24, and which Sharon has said he supports in principle. The Bush speech predicates progress as a move toward a two-state solution.

The administration promised that if the final version is approved by the Quartet next month, Israel will not be be forced to take the steps outlined in the map before the elections, but rather will focus in the coming weeks on the requirements of the Palestinian side, starting with the cessation of terror and government and security reforms.

Last month, the road map draft was shown to all the parties, including Sharon, the Palestinians, the Quartet, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. After hearing initial responses, the U.S. prepared an "updated working paper" that was published last week. A new version will be prepared in the near future and will be brought to the senior-most levels of the administration for their approval.

Military Intelligence Maj. Gen. Aharon Ze'evi has been warning the political echelon that if Israel does not come up with an official answer to the road map, the Palestinians will use the lacuna to influence its shape through their allies in the Quartet. In a letter to the prime minister, defense minister and foreign minster that was made public by Army Radio, Ze'evi warned that Israel could find itself facing new facts it did not consider if it does not take the road map seriously.

The updated working plan calls for a total settlement freeze, including a freeze on natural growth construction that will be particularly strict in the Jerusalem area. The U.S. wants the freeze to go into effect after a general cease-fire, while the other members of the Quartet want to see it go into effect immediately to spur a Palestinian cease-fire.

The U.S. announcement of the Quartet meeting is meant to indicate to its three partners that even if the Israelis are going into elections and violence continues in the territories, the U.S. intends to continue seeking ways to formulate the road map so it will lead to an independent Palestinian state. (Empasis Added)