Oy.
As an addendum to my last post on this subject, read this short piece from today’s Ha’artez:
The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan will be coming to Israel on July 25 for the first time as representatives of the Arab League. Egypt’s Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Jordan’s Abdullah al-Khatib will present the Arab peace initiative to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. The two ministers had originally planned to come to Israel tomorrow, however Olmert asked them to postpone their visit because of his crowded schedule.
His crowded schedule??!!!
So if we American Jews think the peace process should be higher on our government’s priority list, there is something we can do. Senate Resolution 224 is a critical bi-partisan resolution that calls for active US engagement to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (CA) and Richard Lugar (IN), along with seven other original co-sponsors, SR 224 calls on President Bush to make a two-state solution a “top priority,” urges him to appoint a Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, and welcomes the Arab League Peace Initiative. It eloquently represents the pro-peace, pro-Israel positions shared by the vast majority of American Jews.
There are indications that this bill may actually be passed this week! If you haven’t yet, I urge you to ask your Senators to sign-on to SR 224 asap. Click here for more info.
