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| Abbas may quit future talks with Israel |
| 2010-08-24 |
| [Iran Press] The acting Palestinian Authority chief has warned that it will quit peace talks with Israel, should the Tel Aviv regime continue its settlement activities. In a letter to the European Union, Mahmoud Abbas said that "if Israel resumes settlement activities, we cannot continue with negotiations." Abbas wrote the letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton dated August 21, AFP reported on Monday. He noted that Israel's ongoing settlement activities, home demolitions, evictions, land confiscations and ID revocations would undermine talks. Abbas said he had warned US Middle East envoy George Mitchell that the talks could be stopped by a resumption of settlement activities. On Friday, Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted mediation to revive direct talks in Washington on September 2. Israel is carrying out settlement activities in the occupied territories, especially in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), despite international calls to stop such activities. Ashton's spokesman Darren Ennis announced the EU was drafting a response to the letter, saying "our focus is on making sure the talks take place on September 2." The European Union is part of the Middle East Peace Quartet alongside the United States, Russia and the United Nations. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 He knows on which side Miz Clinton is. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-08-24 10:28 |
| #2 A Pali leader quitting talks with Israel is not news. A Pali leader engaging in good faith with Israel and actually attempting to make progress in that part of the world that would benefit both sides of the conflict, especially without making sure his Swiss bank account is replenished first....that's news. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2010-08-24 03:19 |
| #1 Abbas wrote the letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton dated August 21, AFP reported on Monday. On Friday, Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted mediation to revive direct talks in Washington on September 2. Backing out after only 24 hours. That must nearly be a record, even for the Palestinians. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-24 02:44 |