Egypt aren't worrying about what the AU says - Egypt hasn't even taken seriously (tame) condemnations by the EU even if it is, like Morocco, more concerned with its EU relationship than with the AU.
Membership of the AU is probably more tokenistic than beneficial. Morocco, for example, has been a non-member for more than three decades and hasn't been adversely affected. It has, in recent times, even strengthened relationships with many African countries (in west Africa, for example) bilaterally.
you want peace on israeli terms? give fatah a call.
>>"an angry reaction from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said it showed the Palestine Authority was not serious about 11th-hour efforts to salvage US-brokered peace negotiations."
it always seems to be 'the 11th hour' with netanyahu's engaging with the palestinians, always a 'last chance for peace' or a 'point of no return' before the palestinians (read 'hamas' and the like) back down, renege or do something to derail negotiations.
and we in the west, largely, fall for this rhetoric.
he continues because he wishes to try and legitimise the 2003 iraqi invasion and repair his legacy. the problem for him, and which he doesn't seem to realise, is that each time he opens his mouth he does irrepairable damage to himself. he should take a leaf out of dubya's book and just keep quiet as much as he can - but the chilcot inquiry may have something to say about that.
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Egypt aren't worrying about what the AU says - Egypt hasn't even taken seriously (tame) condemnations by the EU even if it is, like Morocco, more concerned with its EU relationship than with the AU.
Membership of the AU is probably more tokenistic than beneficial. Morocco, for example, has been a non-member for more than three decades and hasn't been adversely affected. It has, in recent times, even strengthened relationships with many African countries (in west Africa, for example) bilaterally.
you want peace on israeli terms? give fatah a call.
>>"an angry reaction from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said it showed the Palestine Authority was not serious about 11th-hour efforts to salvage US-brokered peace negotiations."
it always seems to be 'the 11th hour' with netanyahu's engaging with the palestinians, always a 'last chance for peace' or a 'point of no return' before the palestinians (read 'hamas' and the like) back down, renege or do something to derail negotiations.
and we in the west, largely, fall for this rhetoric.
he continues because he wishes to try and legitimise the 2003 iraqi invasion and repair his legacy. the problem for him, and which he doesn't seem to realise, is that each time he opens his mouth he does irrepairable damage to himself. he should take a leaf out of dubya's book and just keep quiet as much as he can - but the chilcot inquiry may have something to say about that.
how soon before fatah screw hamas over?? fatah are competely untrustworthy.