Palestijnen wijzen vredesbesprekingen wederom af

 

Ahead of the meeting, Erakat said that settlement building, which the Palestinians want Israel to halt completely, was the key to renewing peace negotiations, and that there were still differences between the two sides

 

Als je pas wilt praten wanneer er geen verschillen van mening meer zijn over belangrijke zaken, komt er nooit vrede. Overigens zijn er genoeg andere obstakels voor vrede, maar Israel heeft de oplossing daarvan niet als voorwaarde gesteld om te onderhandelen. Zelfs iets cruciaals als erkenning van Israel als nationaal thuis van het Joodse volk heeft het als voorwaarde laten varen. Wanneer tonen de Palestijnen eens een klein beetje goede wil?

 

RP 

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Last update - 16:05 31/10/2009       
Palestinians rebuff Clinton bid to relaunch peace talks
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1124825.html

 

 

The Palestinian Authority on Saturday rejected a proposal by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the renewal of peace negotiations with Israel, Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erakat said.

 

Clinton's proposal was for the final-status talks to be relaunched on the basis of understandings over West Bank settlement construction reached between U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy, George Mitchell, and the Israeli government, according to Erakat.

 

He said the Palestinians rejected the offer during a meeting in Abu Dabi between Clinton and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
 

Ahead of the meeting, Erakat said that settlement building, which the Palestinians want Israel to halt completely, was the key to renewing peace negotiations, and that there were still differences between the two sides