Jordan Times (Opinion Section) THE COMMITMENT of Jordan and Egypt to peace cannot be overemphasised. They have made sacrifices for peace and they are pursuing with unwavering vigour efforts to ensure that peace prevails all over the Middle East. They know what it takes to bring about an end to conflict in the region. Yesterday, His Majesty King Abdullah and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak spelled out, once again, what needs to be done to put peace-making efforts on the right track.
Any peace initiative, they said, must aim at the establishment of a viable independent Palestinian state in implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.
Attempts to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict outside this general framework will be an exercise in futility. It will lead to the wasting of precious time during which lives could be lost and feelings of hatred and bitterness heightened among the peoples of Palestine and Israel.