Fri, 22 Jan 2010
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for hampering the resumption of peace negotiations.
Eraket said Friday that Netanyahu "imposed further conditions on negotiations and announced Israel's intention to continue its occupation" of the West Bank whatever happens, Reuters reported.
"Benjamin Netanyahu has said 'No' to a settlement freeze, 'No' to sharing Jerusalem, 'No' to the 1967 borders, 'No' to the rights of Palestinian refugees. Now he wants to retain the Jordan Valley," Erakat added.
"We had hoped to hear a clear commitment to negotiations without preconditions. What we got instead was Mr. Netanyahu again trying to dictate their terms and preempt their outcome," he said.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu scorned acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas for his refusal to end a year-old suspension of peace talks over demands for settlement freeze in the occupied Palestinian lands.
The negations have been halted due to Israel's refusal to freeze settlement construction in the occupied territories.
The Palestinians have repeatedly called for a clear framework for the talks and a timetable for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and East Jerusalem Al-Quds, which was occupied by Israel in 1967.
Abbas says he will not return to the negotiation table without a complete freeze to illegal settlement activities — a request Israel has so far refused.
The settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land is in violation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 446, 452 and 465.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=116800§ionid=351020202.
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