Abbas: Borders outline, settlement freeze or talks will end

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If Israel believes in two-state solution, then let's talk borders,' Abbas says in first public comments regarding possible of extending peace talks.

Elior Levy
Published: 04.22.14

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time spoke about the Palestinian demands for extending peace talks: A three months freeze in settlement construction during which time talks would focus on delineating the border of the future Palestinian state.

"If Israel believes in the two state solution… let us define the borders – where Israel will be and where Palestine will be," he said in a special press conference to Israel journalists covering peace talks Tuesday.

The Palestinian negotiating team reportedly warned US mediator Martin Indyk last week that they may decide to dismantle the Authority if talks fail. Palestinians have previously raised the possibility of dissolving the PA, created as a result of the 1993 Oslo Accords to administer the autonomous areas of the West Bank, but this is the first time the threat is wielded since the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks under the auspices of US Secretary of State John Kerry last July.

Abbas' move, that would leave Israel responsible for 2.5 Palestinians living in the West Bank, was first exposed in Yedioth Ahronoth.

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