Israel’s chief negotiator Attorney General Tzipi Livni says that her nation is preparing to make “dramatic decisions” that will allow the current peace talks to end with a final peace settlement with the Palestinians.
The details of the peace talks so far have been kept far away from the public, reportedly the result of Secretary of State John Kerry demanding that both Israel and the Palestinian Authority keep the contents of their discussions out of the media.
Indeed, the latest round of talks were so secret that we didn’t even know about them until after the fact, when a top Palestinian official confirmed that the talks had happened earlier in the day.
Livni confirmed that the conversations so far had included argument, but that “we are arguing inside the room,” and would not discuss the differences in public. Officials say more talks are planned, but again didn’t indicate when.
What???!?!?! the isrealis are giving up zionism and living in peace with the palestinians?
That they are arguing inside the room is good, will I hold my breath waiting for a decisive answer!
NO!
Hate the idea of jinxing it. But that map's dappled look is a definite indicator of who Palestine is 'talking' to, and Barak's-Generous-Offer gives one illustration of how secret talk is unlikely to benefit Palestine. What if it were also agreed to keep it secret for years after they finish …? Then we find out they were offered a toxic waste dump again in exchange for more 'settler' action. The ostensible point of secrecy is probably to prevent it becoming a PR war; now who would've lost that one this time?