PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas
- crying once again to the United States
by Maayana Miskin
Senior Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan announced Saturday that the Palestinian Authority will not hold direct negotiations with Israel at this time. The announcement followed a meeting between PA leaders and United States envoy George Mitchell.
Mitchell termed his meeting with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas “constructive” and “fruitful.” (HA HA HA! What exactly is "constructive" and "fruitful"?) He told reporters that the latest round of meetings with Israeli and PA leaders “began to achieve President Obama's vision for comprehensive peace.” (Hmm! It is a well known fact that Obama's "vision" is not the same as non-muslim/arabs vision for peace in the ME. For instance, non-muslims respect Israel's right to exist - something neither Abbas, the arab neighboring countries, Hamas, Hezibollah are willing to accept.)
US President Barack Obama spoke to Abbas by phone last week. Senior PA official Saeb Erekat later confirmed that the president urged Abbas to agree to direct talks.
Dahlan said the call for direct talks had been rejected because Mitchell “did not offer President Abbas and the Palestinian leadership any new Israeli responses regarding security and borders.” (Well, one excuse is as good as another!) The PA has demanded that Israel as the basis for determining the border of a PA state before moving to direct negotiations. (HA HA HA!)
Abbas has also insisted that when it comes to security, talks begin at the point where negotiations between the PA and the Olmert administration left off in 2008. (Oops! Too late - you turned that offer down during Olmert's administration!)
(IsraelNationalNews.com)
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