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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Abbas willing to continue peace talks if Israel halts settlement construction

Ma'an
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is willing to go back to the peace-negotiating table and un-freeze talks with Israel if the US administration succeeds in forcing a halt to settlement construction and reforms Israeli reservations on the establishment of a viable Palestinian state, he said in an interview.

...[He] said he would approach talks with an open mind so long as they tool place within the confines of already-established international accords.

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