PLO negotiator rejects US moves to extend peace talks

[azurnoir]

A senior Palestinian official on Thursday rejected US moves to extend an April deadline for nine months of talks with Israel to culminate in a framework peace deal.

"There is no meaning to prolonging the negotiation, even for one more additional hour, if Israel, represented by its current government, continues to disregard international law," PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erekat told AFP.

"If there was a committed partner, we wouldn't even have needed nine hours to reach that deal," he said.

He was responding to comments by US Secretary of State John Kerry who told reporters in Washington on Wednesday that more time would be needed and that he hoped first to agree a framework to guide further talks.

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[COLGATE4]

1. PLO continues to embrace Yassir

Arafat's propensity to never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Well, since it's worked so well in the past...

[azurnoir]

3. oh you mean the legacy of Arafat recognizing Israel's "Right to Exist"?

or the legacy of the pan Arab Peace Initiative? Which Israel has rejected not once but twice out of hand?

[COLGATE4]

4. The legacy of Arafat refusing Clinton's peace deal. nt

[azurnoir]

5. the one where Clinton whispered in Arafat's ear that if talks failed no one would be to blame?

Thanks for reminding us of that

[COLGATE4]

6. Apocryphal anecdotes don't count. nt

[azurnoir]

7. you failed to address Israel's refusal to normalize relations with Arab countries

as outlined under the Arab Peace Initiative, but why?

[Jefferson23]

2. Yea, the framework that allows for more settlements to expand. n/t