the Annapolis Conference
Press Statement on the Annapolis Conference (PACE - Palestine Centre of Excellence) The US brokered Annapolis conference here in Maryland has begun in earnest on the 27h November 2007, with the aim of establishing peace between Israel and the Palestinian people. Apart from the US and EU, the 50 nation conference is also being attended by Arab and muslim countries including Malaysia. Malaysia is being represented by her Foreign Minister, Dato’ Seri Syed Hamid Albar. The legitimacy of the Annapolis conference is at best questionable as the so called the Palestinian representative hardly reflects the voice and aspirations of the Palestinian people. Firstly, all Palestinians, in the occupied territories as well as those living in refugee camps and outside Palestine has rejected the idea of a peace conference when the whole objective is not to restore Palestinian rights of return and right to their homeland. Secondly, the Palestinians who are attending the conference has no mandate from the...