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September 29, 2005
Palestine - Israel Summit Postponed
It is really interesting to hear an explanation for the postponement of this summit from chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Eraket.
Eraket told reporters: "The meeting will not take place on October 2, but only once the preparations for this summit have been completed."From "Israeli-Palestinian summit postponed; Abbas to hold talks in US," by AFX News Limited on Forbes.com"We don't want to meet just for the sake of meeting. We want a well-prepared meeting with an extensive agenda focusing on all the current issues," Erakat added.
Erakat also mentioned hoping that the U.S. or another member of the Quartet "could play a role ... to begin the de-escalation of this process." I assume he's referring to Israel bombing Palestine and selectively murdering Palestinians and moving settlers into East Jerusalem and other Palestinian territory. And yes, Hamas setting off explosives at a rally which they say was accidental...
Posted by cj at September 29, 2005 7:17 PM
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