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JPOST
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Israeli officials, meanwhile, responded to the Quartet statement on the diplomatic process issued Saturday by saying that “it could have been a lot worse.”
The statement, which expressed regret that Israel did not extend a settlement moratorium last September, stopped well short of endorsing a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood on all territory beyond the 1967 lines. Instead, the Quartet
The package included the following highlights:
In Gaza:
• Agreement to revive Israeli-Palestinian discussions on the ‘Gaza Marine’ gas field, with approval in principle of the supply of Palestinian offshore gas to Gaza power plants and specific project approval to a new power station there.
• Agreement to provide mobile desalination plants in Gaza and approval in principle for construction of a larger permanent desalination plant.
• Full approval for all the sanitation and water treatment plants necessary for Gaza, with Israel agreeing to facilitate and support the entry of construction materials to enable projects to be completed on schedule.
• Further measures to promote Gaza exports, especially in furniture and textiles as well as agriculture.
• A pilot project for allowing the entrance into Gaza of private sector construction materials beginning on April 1.
In the West Bank:
• Extension of Palestinian Authority security presence in Area B –with agreement in principle for the construction or renovation of police stations in seven Palestinian cities.
• The issuance of West Bank ID cards to 5,000 Gaza-registered residents of the West Bank.
• Agreement of the construction of two housing projects in east Jerusalem.
February 7, 2011
JPOST
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Israeli officials, meanwhile, responded to the Quartet statement on the diplomatic process issued Saturday by saying that “it could have been a lot worse.”
The statement, which expressed regret that Israel did not extend a settlement moratorium last September, stopped well short of endorsing a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood on all territory beyond the 1967 lines. Instead, the Quartet
“reaffirmed that negotiations should lead to an outcome that ends the occupation that began in 1967 and resolves all permanent-status issues, in order to end the conflict and achieve a two-state solution.”The package included the following highlights:
In Gaza:
• Agreement to revive Israeli-Palestinian discussions on the ‘Gaza Marine’ gas field, with approval in principle of the supply of Palestinian offshore gas to Gaza power plants and specific project approval to a new power station there.
• Agreement to provide mobile desalination plants in Gaza and approval in principle for construction of a larger permanent desalination plant.
• Full approval for all the sanitation and water treatment plants necessary for Gaza, with Israel agreeing to facilitate and support the entry of construction materials to enable projects to be completed on schedule.
• Further measures to promote Gaza exports, especially in furniture and textiles as well as agriculture.
• A pilot project for allowing the entrance into Gaza of private sector construction materials beginning on April 1.
In the West Bank:
• Extension of Palestinian Authority security presence in Area B –with agreement in principle for the construction or renovation of police stations in seven Palestinian cities.
• The issuance of West Bank ID cards to 5,000 Gaza-registered residents of the West Bank.
• Agreement of the construction of two housing projects in east Jerusalem.
One Response to The EU extorts concessions out of Israel
Per says:
Someone should tell Ashton and Blair that this statement is an islamphobic insult against the Palestinians. The Nakba began in 1948, not in 1967, and the package of incentives should be delivered equally to the entire Umma, not just to the Gazans.
