Abbas verwacht in juli vooruitgang bij gesprekken met Israel

 

Abbas gedraagt zich als een ware overwinnaar, die de voorwaarden bepaalt waaraan de verliezer moet voldoen om tot vrede te komen.

Het wordt tijd dat Obama zich ook wat fermer uitlaat over de eisen waaraan de Palestijnen moeten voldoen, zoals een einde komt aan de ophitsing en de verering van terorristen. Dit zal het vertrouwen binnen Israel (en de bereidheid te doen wat de VS wil) vergroten en zo de kansen op vrede daadwerkelijk vergroten.

 

RP

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Abbas expects progress in talks with Israel by early July

May. 30, 2009
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST

 

Two days after meeting with US President Barack Obama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, visiting in Cairo, stated on Saturday that intense contacts were being held in order to look into the possibility of renewing negotiations with Israel.

"It will happen not within months, but weeks from now, meaning that by early July, something must happen," Abbas reportedly said in a press conference following his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, hinting that he expects the talks to commence shortly.

The Palestinian leader said the problem was that Israel has yet to establish clear positions on key issues, but that he understands "this will happen soon."

Talks would begin once Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government established clear positions on the country's borders, the issue of Jerusalem and the West Bank settlements, Abbas said.

In his meeting with Mubarak, Abbas told the Egyptian leader that he believes the US administration is committed to stopping Jewish Settlement construction in the West Bank.

"We're not asking for anything new, just that the other side comply with what has already been agreed upon," Abbas stressed.

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