We should not be starry-eyed about Annapolis, but neither should we reject it
Speech to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Rally
House of Commons, 28th November 2007
On 28th November 2007 Richard Burden, MP and Chair of the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group, gave a speech to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Rally at the House of Commons.
Richard said that he understands the scepticism about the meetings in Annapolis, and indeed shares some of it himself. But he went on to say that whilst we are right to be sceptical, we must not allow that scepticism to debilitate us or to lead us to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Because the reality is that Annapolis is happening. Palestinians and Israelis are there and they are talking. It may not be taking place in the circumstances we had hoped for or in the form we had called for. But it is happening and there are some signs that something just might come out of it.
