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Arab League chief says Mideast talks off
Arab League chief says Mideast talks off
Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel, only days after the Palestinian side had agreed to the contacts as reported by sources.
Friday, March 12,2010 21:26
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The proposed talks, the Palestinian chief negotiator said this week, were a "last chance" to keep the Middle East peace process alive
 
The decision came after Israel announced on Tuesday it would erect 1,600 settler homes in an area of the occupied West Bank it annexed to Jerusalem. Abbas had only agreed to the talks on condition that Israel imposed a Jewish settlement freeze
The Palestinian side is not ready to negotiate under the present circumstances," Moussa told a news conference following an urgent meeting of Arab delegates at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo
 
No immediate comment was available from Israeli or Palestinian officials
 
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over the settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks
 
Israel also this week approved construction of 112 new Jewish homes in the Beitar Ilit settlement in the occupied West Bank, on land Israel captured in a 1967 war
 
Arab League delegates said the resumption of the talks hinged on Israel halting settlement expansion in East Jerusalem and occupied territories
 
Abbas formerly broke off peace talks with Israel after Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip in December 2008
tags: Arab League / Abbas / Settlements / Negotiations / West Bank / Mitchell / Gaza Siege / Amr Mousa / Palestinian Authority / Peace Process / Indirect Talks / Settlement Expansion
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