Resolving Arab-Israeli Conflict Top Priority

October 15, 2007

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar Assad (AP)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Address to the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 29, 2007:

“The Arab world has made its commitment to peace loud and clear. The Arab-Israeli conflict has dominated all other issues for the past six decades. No regional crisis has greater potential to affect other regional conflicts or world peace than this conflict. As conflicts consume and squander the rich resources and capabilities of our region, they obstruct modernization, development and reforms needed in this region. Saudi Arabia, along with its Arab brothers, has welcomed publicly the important positive points that were included in US President George W. Bush’s invitation to convene an international peace conference, especially the call for an end to occupation and for negotiated solutions to the issues of Jerusalem, borders and refugees.”

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Setting the Record Straight

Determined to Reach a Common Objective

“We knew at the outset that the task would be difficult. We acknowledged that publicly and privately. We knew this would be a road with many bumps— and there have been many bumps—and that continues to this day. But we are not deterred. We are, to the contrary, determined more than ever to proceed to realize the common objective, which we all share, of a Middle East that is at peace with security and prosperity for the people of Israel, for Palestinians, and for all the people in the region. We will continue our efforts in that regard, undeterred and undaunted by the difficulties, the complexities or the bumps in the road.”—George Mitchell, special envoy for Middle East peace, remarks with Prime Minister Netanyahu, September 29, 2010

Middle East Analysis

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