The president, , said on Sunday that any American proposal for restarting Israeli-Palestinian negotiations must include a complete halt in Israeli settlement building, including in East Jerusalem.It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Abbas’s position, which is consistent with Palestinian policy, would scuttle a proposed deal that the Americans hope will lead to resumption of the negotiations. In the past Mr. Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister have found ways to surmount such difficulties.
Speaking to reporters in Cairo after meeting Egyptian President , Mr. Abbas said that he had received no official American proposal regarding the peace process, but that for negotiations to take place, “there has to be a complete halt in settlements in all the Palestinian lands, first and foremost in Jerusalem.” His remarks were carried by the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa.
Mr. Netanyahu has been considering an additional 90-day moratorium on the construction of settlement homes in the West Bank in return for security and diplomatic benefits from the United States. Israeli officials said on Sunday that Mr. Netanyahu was still waiting for a letter from the Americans spelling out details of those benefits, including the amount of a United States subsidy to Israel to buy 20 advanced American fighter aircraft.
Mr. Abbas said in Cairo that American-Israeli military deals were not his concern, but that tying such deals to a resumption of the peace negotiations was “unacceptable.”
THE FIRST TEMPORARY FREEZE DIDN'T INCLUDE JERUSALEM; THERE'S NO REASON TO INCLUDE IT NOW IN ANY 90 EXTENSION.
SINCE OBAMA'S ELECTION, THE ARABS HAVE NEGOTIATED LIKE THEY WON ALL THE ARAB-ISRAELI WARS.
BUT THEY LOST THEM ALL.
SO WHY THE NEW-FOUND BRAVADO?
THEY KNOW THEY HAVE AN ALLY IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
JEWS WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OBAMA ARE JUDENRATS.
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