Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Israel Rejects Call for 3-Month Freeze. Abbas: OK, Would You Consider a 3-Day Freeze? How About a 1 Day; Damn it! Do You Work on the Sabbath?


Al-Manar

"02/02/2010 Israel has no intention of acceding to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s call for a freeze of all construction in West Bank settlements and in occupied east Jerusalem for three months, in order to resume direct negotiations with the PA, a senior government official said on Monday.

“We are not going to accept the Palestinian position on Jerusalem as a condition for entering the talks,” the official said.

Abbas, in an interview that appeared Sunday on The Guardian Web site, said he would be prepared to resume face-to-face talks if Israel froze all construction for three months ......"

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