Will USA-Israel
twins let Palestine state to emerge? (Part -1)
-BY DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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Palestinians
face difficult Zionist road ahead
The
US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that Israel and the
Palestinians have reached an agreement to establish the basis for resuming
peace talks. "This is a significant and welcome step forward," he
said, but stressed that it was still in the process of being formalised.. John
Kerry was speaking in Jordan, after meetings with both sides earlier. He gave
no details of the agreement, but said initial talks would be held in Washington
next week. Kerry said any details of the agreement which might be reported were
"conjecture" and stressed that "the best way to give these
negotiations a chance is to keep them private".
Kerry
has used the Jordanian capital as a base for this whirlwind four-day trip to the
region, twice postponing his departure. Kerry thanked the Arab League, which
gave its backing to his plan for resumed talks, saying this had made an
"important difference". The last round of direct talks broke down
nearly three years ago over the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank
and East Jerusalem.
Earlier
on Friday Kerry made an unscheduled visit to Ramallah in the West Bank, to meet
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the third time this week. He had also
spoken by phone to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and praised both
leaders' courage. "The representatives of two proud people today have
decided that the difficult road ahead is worth travelling," he said.
The
talks will be the first direct talks since the negotiations broke off in 2010
owing to Israeli misbehavior and continuation of illegal
settlement proliferation inside Palestine . Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb
Erekat and his Israeli counterpart and former foreign minister of Kadima party
Tzipi Livni travel to Washington
The
White House said that US President Barack Obama spoke to Netanyahu and
encouraged him to continue to work with Kerry.
There
is, however, a strong feeling all around the globe that the agreement sounds
fragile, and could yet be derailed before talks begin.
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