Friday 4 December 2009

Israel Matzav: 'Palestinians' signal: Freeze is pointless

'Palestinians' signal: Freeze is pointless

'Palestinian negotiator' Ahmed Qrei Abu Ala has told the European Union that despite Israel's freeze on all new construction in Judea and Samaria there is no point to going back to negotiations.

The PA’s Maan news agency reports that former PA prime minister Qureia, who now heads the PA’s Jerusalem Affairs Department, told Christian Berger this week, “As a result of the ongoing violations and Israel's refusal to recognize the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, as well as its rebuffing of its commitments under the Road Map plan and under international law, returning to negotiations will be meaningless."

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and other Israeli government leaders have emphasized that the controversial freeze is being implemented in order to persuade the PA to agree to resume negotiations with Israel.

If things continue this way (and there's no reason to believe that they won't - having been promised a total freeze by the Obumbler, there's no reason to believe that the 'Palestinians' will accept anything less), do we get to thaw the 'freeze' early?

Israel Matzav: 'Palestinians' signal: Freeze is pointless

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