U.S.: PA to announce renewal of direct talks 'within days'

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Similar announcement to be made by Quartet of Mideast mediators, which will call for establishment of Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders within a year or two.

By Avi Issacharoff and Barak Ravid



Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will announce the start of direct peace negotiations with Israel in only "a matter of days," a senior official in the Obama administration told Haaretz over the weekend.

A number of minor details need to be clarified with Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that will open the way for direct talks, the official added.



Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will announce the start of direct peace negotiations with Israel in only "a matter of days," a senior official in the Obama administration told Haaretz over the weekend.

A number of minor details need to be clarified with Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that will open the way for direct talks, the official added.
Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad and President Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad and President Mahmoud Abbas at the opening of a medical center in August 2010 in Ramallah.
Photo by: Reuters

Sources in Washington say the Palestinians are likely to announce the start of direct negotiations as early as Monday, and a similar announcement will be made by the Quartet of Mideast mediators, which will call for the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders within a year or two.

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http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-s-pa-to-announce-renewal-of-direct-talks-within-days-1.308060

[EC]

1. Israel's right wingers will stop this

one way or another...just watch...