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As I said in previous threads, it is somewhat crunch time for Israel, and Israeli was going to get no where fast without agreeing to a Israeli settlement freeze extension past 9/2010 for the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Now the Palestinian authority and Fatah have made it official, they refuse direct talks with Israel without those preconditions. Calling the talks not only pointless, but a waste of time without building on the limited progress of the Annapolis conference.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100711/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinian
The Joker in the deck may be Obama or George Mitchell who may sweeten the pot for Abbas with some unspecified concessions, but still, the major players may not be just the USA, Israel, and the PA, it may be more the international community that gives Israel until no later than 2012, to ink a deal or else regarding a viable Palestinian State.
Now the Palestinian authority and Fatah have made it official, they refuse direct talks with Israel without those preconditions. Calling the talks not only pointless, but a waste of time without building on the limited progress of the Annapolis conference.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100711/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinian
The Joker in the deck may be Obama or George Mitchell who may sweeten the pot for Abbas with some unspecified concessions, but still, the major players may not be just the USA, Israel, and the PA, it may be more the international community that gives Israel until no later than 2012, to ink a deal or else regarding a viable Palestinian State.