Post by elizabeth on Feb 28, 2014 20:08:24 GMT
Here is an interesting article because it talks about more than what the title implies. It also ends with how invested Obama now is, and how hard he will press Netanyahu. It also talks about how angry Abbas got with this deal. They are going to try to appease him, by bringing him to the White House for a meeting March 17th, apparently.
Erekat Rejects Proposal to Extend Peace Talks
PA chief negotiator rejects Kerry's suggestion that April deadline for talks with Israel will be extended.
The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) chief negotiator on Thursday rejected U.S. moves to extend an April deadline for nine months of talks with Israel to culminate in a framework peace deal.
"There is no meaning to prolonging the negotiation, even for one more additional hour, if Israel, represented by its current government, continues to disregard international law," Saeb Erekat told AFP.
"If there was a committed partner, we wouldn't even have needed nine hours to reach that deal," he added.
Erekat was responding to comments by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who told reporters in Washington on Wednesday that more time would be needed and that he hoped first to agree a framework to guide further talks.
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Erekat Rejects Proposal to Extend Peace Talks
PA chief negotiator rejects Kerry's suggestion that April deadline for talks with Israel will be extended.
The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) chief negotiator on Thursday rejected U.S. moves to extend an April deadline for nine months of talks with Israel to culminate in a framework peace deal.
"There is no meaning to prolonging the negotiation, even for one more additional hour, if Israel, represented by its current government, continues to disregard international law," Saeb Erekat told AFP.
"If there was a committed partner, we wouldn't even have needed nine hours to reach that deal," he added.
Erekat was responding to comments by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who told reporters in Washington on Wednesday that more time would be needed and that he hoped first to agree a framework to guide further talks.
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