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2015-05-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Abbas sets preconditions for return to peace talks
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The Ineffectual Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday set out preconditions to restarting the peace talks with Israel.
| "A green tablecloth, you hear me!!" |
According to Israel Radio on Friday, Abbas called for the halt of all settlement construction in the West Bank and for the immediate release of Palestinians that were imprisoned before the Oslo Accords who were supposed to be released in 2014.
The Palestinian leader demanded that the talks be held for a minimum of a year, during which the two sides will agree on a specific timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank that is to be completed by 2017.
In a speech given Thursday before the new Israeli government was sworn in, Abbas declared that the previous government was not a partner for peace and had purposely hampered the peace efforts of US Secretary of State John Kerry. If the new government will continue on the path of the previous government, the Palestinians will continue to internationalize the conflict, he threatened.
This statement came on the heels of US President Barack Obama's speech at Camp David on Thursday where he said a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians "seems distant now."
Obama congratulated Netanyahu on the formation of his new government but also noted that some of its ministers are openly opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state.
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