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| March 18, 2014
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PA’s Erekat: Israel Must Choose – Peace or ‘Settlements’

Chief negotiator for the PA again blames Israel for the lack of progress in peace talks, says negotiations don’t need to be extended.

By Elad Benari

 

The chief Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator, Saeb Erekat, on Monday once again blamed Israel for the lack of progress in peace talks, saying that the Israelis must choose between “settlements” and peace.

Speaking with reporters following PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, Erekat accused Israel of having built more than 10,000 homes in Judea and Samaria since the negotiations began last July.

“Is this progress?” Erekat said, according to The Associated Press (AP). Continue Reading »

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| March 11, 2014
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REVEALED: Abbas Only at Peace Talks to Release Jailed Terrorists


Top Palestinian negotiator Erekat, admits the PA president will maintain the ruse of genuinely negotiating peace until the 4th prisoner release at the end of March.

By Ryan Jones

 

The Palestinian Authority acknowledged on Sunday that it is only continuing to take part in US-brokered peace talks with Israel in order to secure the release of more jailed Palestinian terrorists.

REVEALED: Abbas Only Talking Peace to Free Terrorists

Abbas celebrates at his headquarters in Ramallah with a group of released Palestinian terrorists. October 30, 2013 – Photo source: Israel Today

As one of the conditions for getting the Palestinians to the negotiating table in the first place, Israel agreed to four prisoner releases, the fourth of which is scheduled to take place at the end of this month. Continue Reading »

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| March 9, 2014
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Time to end the fantasy of a Palestinian people

The 7 city-states concept is based on local clans that already exist as real entities & not the fantasies of some Palestinian intellectuals or tired Israeli souls regarding the existence of a single unified Palestinian people in Gaza, Judea and Samaria.

By Mordechai Kedar

 

The seizure of a shipment of long-range missiles heading from Iran to the Gaza Strip was definitely an amazing success for Israel’s intelligence agencies and Navy. Israeli officials highlighted the increase in Hamas’s military might and its intention to acquire game-changing tie-breaking weapons that would pose a strategic threat to Israel. According to some estimates, Iran is fortifying the Gaza-based group to better prepare for “Judgment Day” – once it attains nuclear weapons and could use a southern front in its war against Israel. Continue Reading »

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| March 8, 2014
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Abbas Promises Fatah : There’s ‘No Way’ We’ll Recognize Israel

Mahmoud Abbas promises youth activists, Palestinian Authority will not recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas stood his ground on Friday and reiterated that he will not recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas – Reuters

Speaking to youth activists of his Fatah party and quoted by The Associated Press (AP), Abbas unequivocally declared that there is “no way” he will recognize Israel as a Jewish state and accept a Palestinian capital in just a portion of eastern Jerusalem.

Abbas further stated that he withstood international pressure in the past, when he sought UN recognition of a state of Palestine despite the United States’ objections. Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2014
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Abbas: For the 17th Time….Freeze Construction or Else…

Mahmoud Abbas threatens to end peace talks and turn to int’l institutions unless Netanyahu freezes construction in Judea & Samaria.

By Elad Benari

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is threatening to end the negotiations with Israel unless it freezes construction in Judea and Samaria.

Abbas’s threats came during his meeting on Monday with Meretz Chairwoman MK Zehava Galon. “I will put the keys on the table and turn to international organizations,” he declared during that meeting.

“The only way we will agree to extend the talks is if Netanyahu announces a settlement freeze and the release of other prisoners beyond the next scheduled release,” Abbas told Galon. Continue Reading »

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| February 27, 2014
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NYT Report: US President to Take Active Role in Mid-East Peace Talks

 

US President plans to pressure Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu & the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas into accepting U.S. framework proposal. U.S. official tells The New York Times, “Now is a very timely opportunity for him [Obama] to get involved,”.

By Daniel Siryoti, Israel Hayom Staff & News Agencies

 

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to take a more active role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, quoting Obama administration officials.

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to become more involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks – Photo: AP

Obama will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday at the White House and will push him to agree to the framework deal currently being drafted by U.S.

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| February 27, 2014
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PLO official: If peace fails, Abbas’ replacement might return to ‘armed resistance’

 

According to a PLO official, should peace talks fail, the next Fatah leader could ‘give up and return to the old way’, speculating Abbas’ future successor could be outsider (Hamas) or person currently jailed (Marwan Barghouti) in Israel.

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A senior official within the Fatah movement warned that the next Palestinian leader might return to violent resistance should peace talks fail, Israel Radio reported.

Who will succeed Abbas as Fatah' leader (Photo: EPA)

Who will succeed Abbas as Fatah’ leader – Photo: EPA

“It is not detached from reality,” the official said regarding the possibility that the yet unknown political heir to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will choose to return to an armed struggle should a peaceful solution failed to be reached. Continue Reading »

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| February 27, 2014
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PA Report: PA President Angry at Kerry, Threatened to Terminate Peace-Talks

PA-based newspaper: US Sec. of St. John Kerry demanded that Abbas recognize Jewish State, annex 10 Jewish communities & drop demands on the Jordan Valley.

By Elad Benari

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas became very angry during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last week and threatened to end the negotiations with Israel, NRG/Maariv reported on Wednesday, citing the PA-based Al-Quds newspaper.

Kerry and Abbas meet in Paris – Reuters

According to the report, Abbas fumed when, during a meeting with Kerry in Paris, the top U.S. diplomat presented a new offer which, according to senior PA officials, adopted the Israeli positions for a peace agreement. Continue Reading »

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| February 21, 2014
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US Framework is Demanding of Abbas a PA Recognition of Israel as Jewish State

US Ambassador Dan Shapiro has reported that despite their open opposition, the PA must recognize Israel as the Jewish State under the American framework agreement.

By Tova Dvorin

 

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro declared Friday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will be obligated to recognize Israel as a Jewish state under the US framework agreement – despite the PA’s ongoing defiance over the issue.

“[The PA] recognizing Israel as Jewish state is a key sign that the conflict is ending,” Shapiro stated on Reshet Bet radio. “The United States has always believed that Israel is a Jewish state and that it should stay that way.” Continue Reading »

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| February 20, 2014
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U.S. St. Dept.: Saeb Erekat’s threats aimed at Israel are detrimental to negotiations

 

 

US State Dept. officials disappointed with chief Palestinian negotiator’s recent comments that the Palestinians will seek global economic boycott of Israel if peace talks should flounder.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

US government officials expressed concern over comments made by Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator, who recently threatened to promote economic boycott on Israel.

Saeb Erekat – Photo: AFP

“We are of course concerned about the recent comments by Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat,” said State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf.

US officials hinted that Kerry is to raise the issue of Erekat’s comments during his meeting in Paris with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday. Continue Reading »

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| February 19, 2014
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IDF Radio Report: White House Demands Settlement Freeze

US negotiation team is set to force Israel to stop selling housing to Jews outside the recognized large settlement blocs, according to IDF Radio.

By Gil Ronen

 

The US team in the negotiations for peace between Israel and the “Palestinians” has demanded that Israel agree to an “informal” freeze of settlement activity outside the large settlement blocs, according to IDF Radio. The freeze will go into effect immediately after the signing of a framework agreement.

Israel will have to commit not to approve plans for housing, or market housing units, outside the large Jewish population concentrations in Judea and Samaria. Continue Reading »

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| February 17, 2014
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Chief Arab negotiator: If peace talks fail, Palestinian blitz at Int’l Court with 50 petitions ready

Palestinian chief negotiator

, Saeb Erekat threatens that the PA will take Israel to ‘int’l tribunals & join calls for economic sanctions’ should Kerry’s initiative fail, but warns worst result would be ‘collapse of Palestinian Authority’ which would mean Netanyahu will have to take control of the West Bank.

By Attila Somfalvi

 

The chief Palestinian negotiator says that if US-brokered peace talks fail to result in an accord, then the Palestinian will call for an economic boycott of Israel, in contradiction to conciliatory statements made by Palestinian president before a group of Israeli students.

Saeb Erekat (Photo: EPA)

Saeb Erekat – Photo: EPA

Saeb Erekat made the comments during an interview given to Al-Jazeera last Friday before an audience of hundreds of students at Britain’s Oxford University. Continue Reading »

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| February 15, 2014
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Hamas: Abbas’ PA has no authority to invite NATO forces to West Bank

 

Hamas leaders calls on Fatah chief Abbas to end peace talks with Israel: ‘No one has authorized him to speak for the Palestinian people.’

Elior Levy

 

Hamas has vowed to treat the deployment of any international force in Palestinian territory under the auspices of a peace accord with Israel as an occupying force, the organization’s spokesman said on Friday, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported.

The Palestinian Authority president, Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas (right) and the prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, of Hamas. - Photo: Khalil Hamra/AP

The Palestinian Authority president, Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas (right) and the Gaza prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, of Hamas. – Photo: Khalil Hamra/AP

Speaking at a rally in the Gaza Strip organized by Palestinian factions opposed to the talks with Israel, Sami Abu Zuhri said Hamas would work to “defeat this initiative.” Continue Reading »

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| February 14, 2014
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U.S. Congressman Franks: ‘Israel not an Occupier’

Congressman Trent Franks outraged over White House’s ‘adversarial’ stance towards Israel, says this administration has become Iran’s ‘lobbyist’.

By Ari Soffer

The United States has become ‘almost adversarial’ towards Israel under the Obama administration, according to Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ).

Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) – Photo: Arutz Sheva

Speaking to Arutz Sheva at a Washington D.C. security conference, Franks contradicted a recent claim by Israel’s ambassador to the US that US Secretary of State John Kerry wasn’t threatening Israel when he warned of boycotts in the event that current negotiations with the Palestinian Authority fall through. The conference, entitled “American Security and the Iranian Bomb: Analyzing Threats at Home and Abroad,” saw several prominent members of Congress and former CIA Director James Woolsey discuss the threat posed to the US by the Islamic Republic. Continue Reading »

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| February 10, 2014
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Secret Cabinet Session Held on BDS Without Leftist Ministers

Tzipi Livni & Yair Lapid, who defended John Kerry’s boycott threats, weren’t invited to a cabinet session on the boycott against Israel.

By Gil Ronen

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened a secret discussion regarding the BDS threat to Israel, and did not invite the ministers of Yesh Atid and Hatnua to the session, reported Maariv‘s Eli Berdenstein Monday.

BDS – or Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions – is the name of the movement to boycott Israel.

The discussion was originally scheduled for 10 days ago, but was rescheduled for Sunday. Unlike the originally planned meeting, reports Maariv, many ministers were not invited to Sunday’s discussion – including Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid, Yaakov Perry and Shai Piron, as well as Justice Minister Tzipi Livni. Continue Reading »

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