Monday, March 17, 2014

Mr. Netanyahu has repeatedly called

cheap lingerie sets sexy costumes for women Mr. Netanyahu has repeatedly called on the Palestinian president to “abandon the fantasy of flooding Israel with refugees.”
Mr. Abbas has said he has no such intention, but those who left their homes must have their rights recognized.
Knowing their leader’s propensity to compromise, thousands of members of Mr. Abbas’s Fatah movement paraded in Ramallah and Nablus earlier Monday to
stiffen his spine and make it clear they want no Jewish state recognition.
These supporters would prefer he abandon the negotiations and press for sanctions against Israel at the United Nations and other international bodies.
Deploring such a possibility, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last week told a House of Representatives committee he thought it was “a mistake for some
people to be raising it [Jewish state recognition] again and again as the critical decider of their attitude toward the possibility of a state and peace.”
Diana Buttu, a former negotiations adviser to Mr. Abbas, says the Israelis insist on this formula knowing Mr. Abbas can’t accept it, and thus they avoid
reaching an agreement.
“Instead of encouraging the sides to prolong these pointless negotiations, Obama should be cutting off assistance to Israel until it begins to act in
accordance with U.S. policy,” Ms. Buttu said, referring to the U.S. policy against settlement construction.
The only demand Mr. Abbas is said to have made Monday was that Israel keep its promise to release 26 Palestinian prisoners before March 29. “This will give
a very solid impression about the seriousness of these efforts to achieve peace,” he said. Israel has released 78 prisoners in the first three of four
promised batches.
In Europe, EU foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton offered both sides a light at the end of the tunnel, saying Europe wanted to deepen economic ties with
Israel and Palestine just as soon as they reach a final agreement to end their decades-long conflict.
“We want this to create huge opportunities in transport, energy, water, environment … business to business contacts,” Ms. Ashton said. “We want to see
progressive market integration, trade and investment facilitation” she added, in the most explicit description yet of Europe’s vow to help the parties come
to terms.

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