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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Release

This morning, after concluding extensive negotiations with his Israeli counterpart, Foreign Minister Zaki Mohammed signed a mutual security treaty, that will safeguard the peoples of United Elias and the State of Israel against extremist attacks. This document does not change the policy of United Elias towards the Palestinian people, and our government will continue to allow peaceful Palestinians to emigrate across the border and live in our country rather than in refugee camps, which not only benefits them, but also reduces the problems within the West Bank and Gaza strip. However, by sharing intelligence information, and working increasingly together the Israeli and Elias security organisations can better combat fundamentalist groups that kill innocent civilians in Israel and occasionally on our territory as well. The Foreign Minister and our President are committed to a peaceful resolution to the issues that exist between Arabs and Jews in the Levant region, and such a resolution cannot exist until violence and the people intent on violence are wiped out.

By signing such a treaty with the State of Israel, the government of United Elias is once again building on an already cordial relationship that has existed between our two states and this paves the way for for further co-operation in the future. However, it is important to note that this relationship is by no means signifying a siding with the Israelis over Palestinians, but a recognition that a strong relationship between Israel and Elias is the most productive way of securing safety and building mutual tolerance of Arabs and jews in our region. In over a century of secular rule, blind to religous and racial differences, United Elias is proof that such a society can exist in the Middle East, and we will spare no effort in achieving a similar result in this situation, and we believe our government has already achieved significant progress in bringing about peace talks between the factions.

Unsuprisingly, President Fayiz applauded the noble Elian initiative to extend its ties with the tiny Jewish state in the region and openly stated to support the new-found stability by making a few more concessions at the discussions between Israeli and Sabirian diplomats at the conference in Switzerland.

However, the President's true opinion on the matter was only known in some of the more exclusive political quarters of Damascus...

Al Haqiqa Al Khals
Abeid speaks out against reconciliation with Israel

That's how the oft-called 'state mouthpiece' headlined its broadcasts and news paper as news of the Israel-Elias security treaty reached Al Jumhuriyah Al Khals Dimuqratiyah. Amal Abeid, leader of the Islamic Progress opposition party that had, over the last two years, begun at last to look a credible challenge to the ruling Al Khals Kadira Republic (AKKR or AKJK) party under Prime Minister Habib Kilany, or, as some would say more to the point, Preisdent Omar Qottar, upon whose pleasure Kilany's post was widely held to depend.

As usual, Abeid was rather hard to get hold of, being constantly on the move -ostensibly to attend rallys and meet supporters, though it was said that he was a fearful man with cause to be, and secular government supporters tended to hint that he was moving always to stir-up trouble and extremism- and generally afforded little attention by the officially free but actually greatly restrained press. In his absence, reports from Al Haqiqa Al Khals continued to detail his grave concerns over Israeli intentions and the motives of the Elias leadership and to state that Islamic Progress urged suspicion and great scrutiny on the part of UE residents.

By the next edition, Al Haqiqa was linking the news from the Middle East with the timing of a major God's Spear bombing in Al Khals. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8099769&postcount=31)

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