Kesher Talk

No one was supposed to know that Assistant Secretary of State William Burns met with a coterie of Israeli doves and Palestinian Ministers and officials under the banner of Peace Now at the U.S. Consulate in West Jerusalem. And surely no one was supposed to know his response to left-wing Knesset Member Colette Avital who, according to the minutes of the meeting reported in The Jerusalem Post, "expressed reservations about the U.S. Conservatives, Christians and AIPAC," and alleged that these constituencies, "are lobbying to torpedo the road map and suggested that the Americans should help us [the Peace Coalition] to express our views to the American public."

No one was supposed to know that, according to the minutes (according to The Post), Burns stated his view that "the common sense of all peoples will override the Conservative and Christian viewpoints once they see the road map's potential." He told the anti-government group to continue with their political activities "as new peace attempts reflects the peoples will and will result in fundamental changes."

posted by William @ 5/23/2003 08:02:55 AM