| Recognize Israel and give up the right of return? Never happen, but now they'll be demanding the pre-June '67 lines as final and non-negotiable. Thank you, President Obama. |
The prime minister has expressed his position to foreign affairs commissioner in the European Union, Catherine Ashton, and envoy of the
Quartet... The Quartet are the UN (xylophone), the United States (alto), the European Union (soprano), and Russia (shortstop). The group was established in Madrid in 2002 by former Spanish Prime Minister Aznar, as a result of the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Tony Blair is the Quartet's current Special Envoy....
for peace in the Middle East, Tony Blair, Maariv said.
This is the first time that Netanyahu has spoken about his willingness to accept the principle of negotiation on the basis of the 1967 borders, despite his attack towards the US President, who announced his initiative for holding the negotiations on the basis of the 1967 border line with an agreed exchange of lands, it added.
"Ross and Hale, Ashton and Blair during their meeting with Netanyahu expressed their concern towards the Paleostinians to approach the United Nations
...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas...
in order to recognize the Paleostinian state in September and they persuaded him to accept the principle of the boundary lines of the 67 for the resumption of negotiations," it said.