Azerbaijan, Baku, 22 July/ Trend , corr G. Ahmadova, R. Hafizoglu/ The visit of the British Premier Gordo Brown to Israel will pave new ways for the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and it will especially help the Premier to open eyes to injustice.
"Hopefully such a visit might open his eyes to some of the injustices (settlements, checkpoints, the route of the barrier for starters) going on but also the opportunities for peace,"said Chris Doyle, Director of CAABU (Council for Arab-British Understanding).
Last Sunday, the Premier of Great Britain Gordon Brown started his trip to Israel and Palestinian Autonomy. During his trip, Premier expressed his optimism about the perspectives of signing peace accord between Israel and Palestine. During his speech in Knesset, Gordon Brown said that the Great Britain as European Union wants all settlement actions to stop.
"The enlargement of settlements hinders the peace. It undermines confidence, adds to the suffering of the Palestinians and makes compromises that Israel is ready to make, more complicated," Brown said.
According to Doyle, It is vital that Gordon Brown gains a better grasp of Middle Eastern politics not least during a period of American impotence.
"Freezing settlement building as a first stage to abandoning them is a must. It is crystal clear that there can be no confidence in the Annapolis process unless this happens and swiftly," Doyle said.
The Palestinian government highly appreciates Gordon Brown's visit to the region. However, Mohamad Udvan thinks that Israel will not stop construction of Jewish settlements even after Premier Brown's visit to the region.
"This visit can be assessed as a continuation of peace talks in Annapolis. This move showed once again that the world community seeks to resolve the problem and achieve a success in this regard," said Udvan, spokesman for the office of Fatah in Ramallah.
According to Udvan, the conduct of talks by Palestine aims to show the world that the Palestinian Autonomy possess democratic values.
"When Israel quits or cuts off talks, they compel the Palestinians to resort to not civil, but radical ways of resolution," he said.
After his meeting with the chairman of the Palestinian Autonomy Mahmoud Abbas, Brown said that additional ?30mln ($60mln) financial aid will be allocated for the Palestinian Autonomy. Great Britain plans to allocate some $500mln for the upcoming three years for the economic development of Palestine.
"The donor aid worth $60mln for Palestine provided by the British government will have a positive impact on resolution of a number of economic problems in Palestine," Udvan said.
The conference in Annapolis, held on 26 to 28 November 2007, focused on the ways of resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The talks on the resolution of the conflict were resumed during the peace conference on Near East in Annapolis.