Palestinierna motsätter sig direkta förhandlingar

Abbas vägrar inleda direkta förhandlingar med Israel och han har nu fått stöd av både PLO:s och Fatahs ledande organ.
USA har försökt pressa palestinierna att inleda direkta förhandlingar utan att lyckas.
Abbas kräver mer eller mindre att de frågor som borde behandlas i förhanlingarna skall vara avgjorda innan han går med på att förahandla. Bl.a. kräver Abbas att gränserna skall vara fastslagna och att Israel upphör med allt byggande i bosättningarna.
Israel gick senaste höst med på ett tio månaders byggstopp i bosättningarna men det har bara lett till nya krav från palestiniernas sida.

Fatah backs refusal on direct talks (Jerusalem Post ,Khaled Abu Toameh)
The Fatah Revolutionary Council over the weekend expressed support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s refusal to open direct talks with Israel unconditionally.Following a stormy meeting in Ramallah, the 122 members of the council also voiced support for Abbas’s efforts to reconcile with Hamas.RELATED:Fatah supports direct talks on conditionFatah urges Abbas to avoid direct talksAbbas told Fatah members that the US administration was exerting heavy pressure on him to agree to direct talks with Israel without conditions.Abbas reiterated his opposition to the demand, insisting that Israel first accept the pre- 1967 lines as the future borders of a Palestinian state, freeze all settlement construction and reach agreement with the Palestinians on security issues.Abbas also criticized US President Barack Obama for being “unclear and vague” with the Palestinians. Abbas said that Obama sent him an oral message that did not include clear answers to questions he had presented to the Americans regarding the proposed negotiations with Israel.The support of the Revolutionary Council is seen as a moral victory for Abbas. Last week he also won the backing of the PLO Executive Committee on this issue.“The Revolutionary Council and Fatah stand firmly with the president regarding the direct negotiations,” said a statement issued by the council members. “The council also stresses the need to demand that the US administration clarify its position regarding the 1967 borders.”The statement said that direct negotiations with Israel were contingent on recognition of pre-1967 lines as the official borders of a Palestinian state. It noted that these lines include also east Jerusalem, the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley on the Palestinian side of the line.
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