Palestine and Israel agreed to strive to complete the final status negotiations within 1 year
Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the 2nd break in Washington to open direct negotiations for 20 months.
4 个 多 hours of talks, both sides willing to reach a final conclusion of a peace framework agreement, agreed to on September 14 and 15 to meet again and to meet once every two weeks after that, and strive to complete the final year status negotiations.
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resumption of the talks the ceremony that day at the U.S. State Department Office of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to attend.
Clinton first thanked Abbas, Netanyahu and the courage and efforts.
"I understand, decided to sit on this (negotiating) table is not easy," she said, "We understand, years of conflicts and hopes of so many people (on the peace talks) doubt."
Netanyahu cut to the chase, call on the Palestinian recognition of Israel as a "Jewish state" to take care of Israel, "the real security needs."
Abbas also said that for the four Israeli civilians were shot and killed Aug. 31 incident investigations are proceeding.
that four civilians, reaching the day driving around the West Bank city of Hebron shot and killed. Hamas, a "伊兹丁卡桑" brigade had said it attacked.
Calls for halt
Abbas again asked Israel to stop construction of all the Jewish settlements.
"We call upon the Israeli government to stop the construction of Jewish settlements in all the activities," Abbas said, "the total lifting of the blockade of the Gaza Strip."
restart the talks after the ceremony Netanyahu and Abbas shook hands, and then exit closed-door meeting held on the status of Jerusalem, the Palestinian-Israeli border demarcation, return of Palestinian refugees, Jewish settlements and the core issues such as water allocation negotiations.
U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, said both parties agreed to reach a final conclusion of a peace framework agreement.
Mitchell did not give specific details of the framework agreement contains, it will list only the conclusion of a peace agreement must make important concessions.
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"I put you as a partner in peace. Together we can end the conflict and lead our people Quwang a historic future."
- Benjamin Netanyahu on Abbas said
"We are not starting from the starting line."
- Abbas responded by saying
"We know how difficult the road ahead, no doubt encounter obstacles and setbacks. As we have seen this week, those who oppose the peace process will seek to undermine this process."
- - Hillary wrote
News Analysis
"about a year to" resistance is not small
AP toward the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations seem optimistic about the direction of progress. However, analysts believe, as Palestinians and Israelis "divide too deep," decades of feud near future, it is difficult to "melt." Strive to complete the final status negotiations a year despite the desire of beauty, but to reach an interim agreement as more practical.
interrupt the peace talks resume again 20 months later, two representatives of that day were performed moderate and cautious.
start to seem good, but the U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell that the two sides did not begin in any specific discussions on substantive issues.
may be subject to the constraints of domestic hard-line forces, the two sides met the first day of the performance was "cautious", but time does not forgive. With the Israeli government last year, the West Bank Jewish settlement construction in the promulgation of the cessation order is about to expire. This rare direct talks will face a first stern test.
analysts pointed out that if that will stop building can not be extended, this just may open direct peace talks "collapse."
As expected the outside world, day Abbas again asked Israel to stop expanding Jewish settlements. However, Netanyahu's public statement that day did not mention that to extend the halt, and hope that the Palestinians promised to stop all violence against Israelis. But I am afraid, Abbas will have the final say in the matter.
Hamas controls the Gaza Strip with Israel firmly opposes any form of negotiations, that negotiations with Israel harm the interests of the Palestinian people, said publicly that Hamas will never accept any outcome of the negotiations.
to strive to be completed within one year of final status negotiations of the target, some analysts fear that this idea is "attracted me."
some Israeli diplomats believe, because too many differences between Israelis and Palestinians, a "chasm too deep," the two sides should first move to reach a temporary solution, or it may be several steps previous peace talks formula.
