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Abbas has refused to relaunch negotiations with the Israelis until they agree to the freeze on construction on land conquered in 1967 - as Obama has demanded - and agree to negotiate on all final-status issues, including sharing Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees. Netanyahu's government has offered only a partial settlement freeze and refuses to negotiate over Jerusalem or refugees. So while Abbas will glumly show up in New York City, he has no intention of relaunching negotiations on the terms currently on offer. "The Americans have failed to convince the Israelis to halt settlement, and now they...
...want peace more than the parties themselves," President George W. Bush once said of his Administration's limited efforts to broker agreements between Israel and the Palestinians. And while President Barack Obama has brought more vigor and urgency than his predecessor to the quest for a two-state peace, this week he finds himself in the position of wanting to restart peace talks more than the parties themselves do. Obama will meet with Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session in New York City...
...Israeli leader, for his part, has been quite happy to hold peace talks with Abbas, but not on the terms envisaged by the Palestinian leader or Obama. After years of rejecting the idea of a Palestinian state, Netanyahu has responded to Obama's pressure by accepting the principle of it, but on terms too limited to be accepted by any Palestinian leader. Skeptical of the value of negotiating now over a long-term political settlement and insisting that key final-status issues such as Jerusalem and refugees are not up for negotiation, Netanyahu prefers to focus on what he calls...
...Aviv No Settlement on Settlements Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans for the construction of 455 additional housing units in the West Bank while saying Israel would consider a freeze on building in Palestinian-claimed territories afterward--a political compromise that displeased both Israeli hard-liners and Palestinians. The Obama Administration, which has pressured Israel to halt construction in order to kick-start stalled peace talks, expressed "regret" over the plans. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, meanwhile, dismissed talk of a moratorium, noting that Israel's decision to continue building "nullifies any effect that a settlement freeze, when...
...Iranian regime that was worried in the weeks leading up to what in Iran is known as Qods Day - the annual day of government-sanctioned rallies supporting Palestinian statehood that take place in most cities in Iran. All public events surrounding the Islamic month of Ramadan, which historically have provided opportunities for Iranian politicians from across the ideological spectrum to speak their minds, were either shut down or scaled back. Former President Mohammed Khatami was scheduled to speak alongside Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson at Khomeini's shrine two weeks ago, but the occasion was canceled. Former President Ali Akbar...