By engaging collectively, the League can end the immediate conflict, boost its own credibility, and -- by including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the process -- set the stage for a comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue.
Secretary of State John F. Kerry, visiting Abu Dhabi to strengthen its support for the nuclear diplomacy, insisted that it was Tehran, not the French, whose last-minute objections stalled a deal that diplomats hoped would open the way to a comprehensive settlement of the Iran nuclear issue after a decade of stalemate.
The six-nation group argued that such issues would ultimately be addressed in a comprehensive settlement of the Iranian nuclear stand-off, but that the two sides should first carry out smaller, confidence-building steps.
The weekend breakthrough is but the first stage, lasting six months, towards a "comprehensive' settlement of the dispute with Iran.
While no senior Israeli officials will discuss how and against whom Israel might retaliate, several said a strike against Libya could only embarrass Egypt's President, Hosni Mubarak, just at the time when Mr. Mubarak and Mr. Peres are close to working out a comprehensive settlement on a variety of issues that have been complicating relations between the two countries for two years.
We need a comprehensive settlement that puts all these issues behind us, but any such settlement must include full redress of all legal violations".
"Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to make progress".
"And that, we hope, will give us the opportunity to negotiate a comprehensive and final settlement of these issues.
There is sure to be a comprehensive settlement with BP.
