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	Annapolis Myths

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12-3-2007 4:30 PM

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		Phyllis Bennis 
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	</TD><TD valign="bottom" align="right"><DIV id="DateNew"><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><TBODY><TR><TD>December 03, 2007</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=14426"><SPAN><FONT size="2">Myth #1) The Annapolis meeting was designed to launch serious new negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians that aimed at ending the occupation and producing a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region based on a two-state solution.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></FONT></SPAN><FONT size="2">  </FONT><P></P><FONT size="2">  </FONT><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><FONT size="2">In fact, the two main reasons for the conference had virtually nothing to do with <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Israel</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> or <ST1:CITY _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Palestine</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>. The real reasons for convening the conference were 1) to strengthen Arab government support for <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">U.S.</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> strategies in the Middle East, including the war in <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Iraq</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> and particularly the escalation of pressure aimed at <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Iran</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>. 2) To provide a photo-op to reframe Condoleezza Rice's legacy, now largely shaped by her embrace of <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Israel</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>'s bombardment of <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Lebanon</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> in 2006, to the legacy of a would-be peacemaker.</FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D6609CE8-31D1-4EB6-911C-681229C41882/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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