Islamic Jihad slams Riyadh Summit

Source: Alalam, 4-4-2007
GAZA - A Senior leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad criticized recent Arab summit for supporting "settlement plan" with Zionist regime.
"The results of the Riyadh Arab Summit might be compared with Belfour treaty and it was the most dangerous summit held on so far," said Khalid al-Batsh one of the Palestinian Islamic jihad movement leaders to Alalam TV.
"Palestine issue was the most prejudicial one in the Riyadh summit as it basically lacked any solution for the Palestinians and lifting sanctions against them," he said.
He remarked that the summit did not take into mind the main Palestinian issue, stressing that the most serious consequence was the support of the Arab initiative for a settlement with the "Israeli" entity.
"Unfortunately some Arab and Muslims have come to propose a way in which 78% of historical Palestinian lands dispensed and the rest depends on negotiations and normalization of relations with `Israeli` entity," he added.
"If Arabs want to lift the imposed embargo upon Palestinian, they can achieve it through their own means and mechanisms which should be properly implemented," he said.
"If Arab do not help lifting the sanction, then France will not be closer to Palestine than States such as Egypt, Jordon and Saudi Arabia." Khalid al-Batsh went on, saying that" requesting Russia to end up sanctions doesn`t look reasonable while the Arab Maghreb and Persian Gulf counties have banned Palestinians."