The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected a blueprint for talks with Israel. He claims Palestinian conditions are not being met.
Abbas further suggested that he was likey to reject a peacemaking blueprint put forward by international mediators, saying he would not agree to any proposal that disregarded the Palestinian conditions for a resumption of peace talks.
The Palestinian president told reporters accompanying him that he was still studying the proposal by the peacemaking Quartet, but he appeared to tip his hand by saying that “we will not deal with any initiative” that doesn’t demand a halt to Israeli settlement construction or negotiations based on lines Israel held before capturing land the Palestinians claim for their state.
I don’t know how Israel gets tagged as the party that refuses to talk. Clearly the Palis are the problem here.
