[Iran Press TV] A key branch of the Paleostine Liberation Organization has temporarily suspended its membership to protest the ongoing talks between Israel and the Paleostinian Authority.On Sunday, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine (PFLP) suspended its membership with the umbrella group, saying it would not be "a cover for policies that would devastate the national cause," the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported.
Acting Paleostinian Authority Chief the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas, who is also the head of PLO, resumed direct talks with Tel Aviv in early September.
Many Paleostinian groups have already abandoned hope in the US-brokered talks citing the White House's partiality in favor of the Israelis and arguing that Abbas -- whose term ended on January 9, 2009 -- does not represent most Paleostinians.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said earlier in the month that the talks had to be based on the expulsion of the Paleostinians from their Israeli-occupied lands.
For the negotiations to survive, the PA has made it imperative that Israel stop building illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied Paleostinian lands. Tel Aviv has withheld any such guarantees.