Al-Jazeera (Saturday): Oxford talks focus on 'road map'

[Jack Rabbit]

From al-Jazeera English edition
Dated Saturday November 29

Oxford talks focus on "road map"
By Arthur Neslen in London

Two days of unofficial talks between Palestinian and Israeli officials in Britain have ended in stalemate, eclipsed by another unofficial move - the Geneva initiative for a solution to the Middle East conflict.
The meeting in Oxford, which ended on Friday, aimed to discuss ways of implementing the road map took place against a backdrop of feverish diplomatic activity spanning three continents.
It became clear early in the day there was a new game in town when the US Secretary of State Colin Powell defied Israel’s President Moshe Katzav to request a meeting with Yossi Beilin and Yasir Abd Rabo, the architects of the the unofficial peace plan due to be signed in Geneva on Monday.
"The Geneva initiative was a turning point, and since the world learned of it, nothing has been the same," the former Israeli Labour Party leader Amram Mitzna told Aljazeera.net on Friday.

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1. nothing has been the same?

oh really? Israel is still stealing land, is still committed to racism, and is still engaging in terrorist strikes against Palestinian civilians aren't they?