Posted on 03/08/2010 10:05:59 PM PST by Nachum
The Obama administration announced Monday night that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to resume the peace process by means of indirect negotiations, facilitated by U.S. special envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell.
Mitchell told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that the understandings reached following the 2007Annapolis Conference are non-binding in the current round of negotiations, Haaretz has learned.
Mitchell met with Netanyahu Monday, and then went to Ramallah to meet Abbas. Advertisement "I'm pleased that the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships have accepted indirect talks," Mitchell said in a statement last night. "We've begun to discuss the structure and scope of these talks, and I will return to the region next week to continue our discussions. As we've said many times, we hope that these will lead to direct negotiations as soon as possible."
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Awww, does this mean Olmert’s speaking fees are going to drop even further?
And how can the PA start negotiations without a functioning constitutional government according to their self written constitution? They should maybe have an internal election first, before deciding who gets to negotiate with foreigners.
what the dickens does pennsylvania have to do with this?
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Won't please the palestinians, they'll have to shoot someone or run them over to get Mitchell's attention.
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