Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah said Wednesday it was time for Israel’s Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon to choose between peace and bloodshed.
"The Saudi peace initiative... has placed Sharon's government at a crossroads; the path of justice and peace as per the Arab initiative or the path of aggression, intransigence and oppression that leads to more bloodshed for all," Abdullah stated in a speech delivered to the Saudi consultative Shura Council.
The prince added Arabs have already chosen peace by adopting the land-for-peace plan he presented to an Arab summit held in Beirut last March.
"It must be said that the initiative is the beginning of the road and not the end and that we will face obstacles and difficulties," he said in the brief speech carried by state media. (Albawaba.com)
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