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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Palestinian negotiator asks UN to stop Israel imposing 'facts on the ground'

Ma'an - Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat met with UN and European officials in Jericho on Saturday and asked them to intervene to stop Israel imposing "facts on the ground" in the occupied Palestinian territories.

... The chief negotiator urged all the officials to intervene urgently to stop Israel implementing policies which he said would end the peace process.

Erekat referred particularly to a rail line which the Israeli government is considering building to link the illegal settlement Ariel with Tel Aviv. He also referred to a bill drafted by a knesset member to declare Jerusalem the capital of the Jewish people.

These projects aimed to enforce the occupation and impose facts on the ground which would signal the end of the peace process, he said.

... The US has reportedly offered Israel military and political incentives in exchange for a one-off 90-day ban on settlement construction in an attempt to revive negotiations. But settlements in East Jerusalem would be exempt from the freeze. Read more
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