In letters issued to US, Russian and EU leaders, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned that the newly announced peace talks could come to a quick end if the Israeli government does not extend its settlement freeze.
“It is impossible to conduct negotiations alongside settlement construction,” the Abbas letter noted. Israel has repeatedly insisted that the settlement construction would resume apace next month, condemning it as a “failure.”
And Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned the call to extend the freeze again today, while playing up the prospects for progress in the talks. It seems that progress would have to be made early, however, to stave off the damage done by the settlement construction.
A number of Israeli officials condemned the freeze, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, among others, have raised the prospect of leaving the government if Netanyahu attempted to extend the freeze. It will be difficult to negotiate borders, however, once Israel begins expanding its settlements further into the territory that was ostensibly going to belong to an independent Palestinian state.
End of peace talks means start of hatred, which means start of flying of bullets again.
Jane
How long will America be held hostage by these Middle Eastern imbeciles? While sympathizing with all the misery on both sides of this conflict, if they are too incompetent to sort it out between themselves that is their problem not America's. If Jews want to support Israel that is their right, indeed their obligation. However America should not support Israel with tax dollars unless they are in need of humanitarian relief. The amount of ink and time the media devotes to this extremely minor issue is ridiculous.
Netanyahu has no interest in substantive and sincere peace talks. The whole world knows it. This is just kabuki to provide political cover.
Is it possible that there is more Muslims in the US than Jews?
They should organize and create its own version of the AIPAC. Then both sides would have equal influence on the American lawmakers and have their say.
And we, the ordinary Joe and Jane, would seat on the side of the road and watch them squabble. We could even get a tax break if both of these groups pay enough to our Congress ))))
It's not our fight.
When Americans realize this fact their lives will become much more bearable.
is this the only picture you have of this ass hole
LOL, his other pictures ar considered porn