Israeli defense minister and Palestinian prime minister will meet for peace talks.
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[release][B][U]Barak to meet Palestinian PM; the objective - direct peace talks[/U][/B]
[B]At joint press conference with George Mitchell, Defense Minister says 'our demand is that neither side set preconditions[/B]'
By Haaretz Service
Defense Minister Ehud Barak confirmed on Wednesday that he was to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the coming days.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
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At a joint press conference with U.S. envoy to the region George Mitchell, Barak said that during their meeting, the first in five months, he and Fayyad would discuss education and economic issues.
"The objective now is to progress to direct talks with the Palestinians on all issues," Barak said. Currently, peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are being conducted in a proximity format, in which mediators shuttle from party to party to relay messages.
"Our demand is that neither side set any preconditions" Barak said.
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
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voiced doubts that a peace agreement could be achieved within the coming two years, telling his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that he was very pessimistic regarding the potential of negotiations to yield a deal.
During Tuesday's meeting, Lieberman reportedly told Lavrov, who arrived in Israel on an official visit, that Israel opposed Russia's recent advances toward Hamas. Lavrov responded that it was impossible to ignore the Islamist organization's popularity amongst Palestinians, particularly in Gaza. [/release]
I just wanna go over there and tell them "screw the past, screw Lieberman, screw the differences, peace is only impossible in our minds".
:10bux: israel will not negotiate
Wow, if they reach a peace agreement, that'd be pretty cool.
Won't happen. Will fail due to :effort: on israels part.
Oh come on, Barak is from the left, as in, the side that is more willing to appease the Arabs, as opposed to say, Lieberman on the right, who is on the side that is more of "let's kill dem Ay-rabs".
It'll happen but nothing significant will come out of it.
It's all a ruse, Israel's planning something... :ninja:
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23010421]It's all a ruse, Israel's planning something... :ninja:[/QUOTE]
Lol paranoid huh? :tinfoil:
I'm not optimistic.
Well this is at the least a small step towards a greater goal.
Interesting, it's a step. But I don't see much happening if Israel still refuses to stop settlement construction, which is Abbas' condition for any sort of peace negotiations.
I want to believe this will work.
I really do.
Shit Is-getting-real
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