based Al-Watan said Israeli President Shimon Peres during his recent visit to Egypt tried to fool others by alleging that Israel would remain keen on realizing peace. "By such a statement Peres wanted to say that the Arabs and not Israel, are the main side that rejects peace and tries to throw Israel into sea." "The problem of Peres and other Israeli leaders is that they think that by such embellished statements they can mislead the international community and distract attention from realities," the paper noted. The paper described as 'true' a statement of Peres in which he had said differences between the Arabs and Israelis are not too so big that these could not be resolved, but it said regrettably Peres desires to settle the Arab-Israel dispute at the expense of the Arabs because Israel is not ready to restore the usurped Arab rights. "On top of this rigid stand of Tel Aviv, Israel wants the Arabs to make more and greater concessions to the dismay of the entire world without paying any heed to international norms and legitimacy." "No one in this world will believe Peres when he says that Israel is not planning to confiscate more Arab territories and Israel is not planning to build new settlements, because the entire world without exception of any country or people know very well that Israel has confiscated Arab territories after Oslo agreement and the road map agreement and other accords which plainly stipulate the importance of adherence of Israel to avoid confiscation of Arab territories and building new settlements". About the announcement of Peres that Israel will accept the two-state formula, the paper said the conditions set by Israeli Premier Netanyahu have made it almost impossible the reaching of the Mid-East settlement on the basis of the two-state formula. The paper deplored a message sent to Netanyahu last Monday by about half of the members of the Likud at the Israeli Knesset that urged him not to accept the establishment of a Palestinian state and called him to go ahead on building more settlements. "If Israel is genuinely working for peace, then it should accept the Arab peace initiative which is still on the table," said the paper, noting that the initiative is capable of restoring the usurped rights and at the same time it is capable of realizing Israel's security and stability as well the stability of the entire region.
