The first of the new round Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will begin with a preliminary meeting Monday evening, according to State Department officials familiar with the situation.
Representatives from both sides, including Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat will be in attendance for what is being described as a “procedural” talks that will continue into Tuesday.
These talks won’t include any actual peace negotiations but will rather center on reaching an agreement for how and when the real negotiations will take place, with neither side apparently settled on that issue yet.
US officials are loudly championing the meeting, while officials from both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are downplaying the significance of the talks, saying that they are considerable disagreements to be resolved before any real progress is possible.
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Much ado about nothing.
Talk is cheap and can be dragged on for indefinite time and that's what Israel is and has done for decades, if USA wants to have peace, this Obama "progressive government" as is called by the usa democratic party, or any other us or eu government needs to stop talking and come up with a concrete demand for Israel to give back all and every piece of stolen land back to Palestinians and compensate them for their long due suffering. There is no other language that Israel or any other apartheid regime as such would understand. Above all for Bill Clinton and Tony Blair to stop negotiating on behalf of Palestinian people, and for these two non trustworthy for anything and letting Palestinians to manage their fate and their money.
Much ado about nothing f
the US side will sit there with their figures crossed as they tell the Palestinians that they wan tot help them
"…considerable disagreements to be resolved before any real progress is possible."
And the likelihood that these disagreements will be resolved is slim to none. This is all theater put on for the US SecState. He has to show that he has things under control and is a better Statesman than his predecessor. The problem is Netanyahoo has no intentions of making progress.
"peace talks" should be in quotes.
Israel is a fraud and there ain't nothing to negotiate for. A distraction at best for General Al-Sisi in Egypt and complete breakdown in Afghanistan,