Monday, July 13, 2009

Palestinians even more incalcitrant


Fatah Official: PA Will Resume Violence When "Capable"

Fatah official Kifah Radaydeh told Palestinian Authority TV on July 7:
"We perceive peace as one of the strategies, but...we do not rule out the possibility of the armed struggle or any other struggle. The struggle exists in all its forms, on the basis of what we are capable of at a given time."

"What exactly do we want? It has been said that we are negotiating for peace, but our goal has never been peace. Peace is a means; and the goal is Palestine."
(Palestinian Media Watch/IMRA)


Israel's Netanyahu Invites Abbas to Talk Peace -Aron Heller

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited the Palestinians to sit down immediately to talk peace.

Netanyahu said he already has made a series of gestures, such as the removal of several military checkpoints in the West Bank, meant to improve the Palestinian economy.

Netanyahu's predecessor, Ehud Olmert, spent more than a year negotiating with Abbas, but the peace talks yielded no major breakthroughs.
(AP/Washington Post)


Abbas Says He Won't Meet Netanyahu -Khaled Abu Toameh & Haviv Rettig Gur

PA leader Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his refusal to resume peace talks with Israel unless Netanyahu's government agreed to freeze all construction in the West Bank.
(Jerusalem Post)


Palestinians Reject Any Israel-U.S. Settlement Deal -Ali Sawafta

Palestinians reject any deal between Israel and the U.S. that would allow even limited Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said.
(Reuters/Washington Post)


As Hamas Tightens Its Grip in Gaza -Khaled Abu Toameh

PA leader[s] insist on boycotting peace talks with Israel in protest against the ongoing construction in the settlements. But the two did not stay away from the talks when former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni were also building in the settlements.

Abbas and Fayyad are waiting for the U.S. administration to deliver...

Palestinian officials in Ramallah explain, why return to the negotiating table with Israel when the U.S. has actually endorsed the Palestinian position and is negotiating with the Netanyahu government on behalf of the Palestinian Authority?
(Hudson Institute New York)
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