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| Middle East |
| Mideast talks may resume |
| 2002-07-20 |
| Palestinian and Israeli officials were to meet after sundown Saturday, resuming talks that were repeatedly postponed and then canceled after the Israelis said they needed more time to prepare and because of renewed Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians. Nabil Abu Rdeneh, an aide to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, said the meeting would be held in Jerusalem but said progress depended on Israeli willingness to pull troops out of the West Bank. "I believe if Israel is really serious in the resumption of the political process they have first to immediately withdraw from the Palestinian territories," he told reporters after Arafat met with Russian envoy Andre Vedovin in Ramallah. Israel believes that if the Paleostinians are really serious in the resumption of the political process they will stop killing people. For some reason, they think the Paleos aren't serious... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |