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| Israel Stops Withdrawal - Talks Fail |
| 2002-08-24 |
| Palestinian officials said that Israel had failed to fulfill an agreement between the two sides about a withdrawal from the reoccupied autonomous city of Bethlehem and areas in the Gaza Strip. Nabil Abu Rudeina, a senior adviser to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, said talks with Israeli representatives on the agreement were âdragging onâ and were once again postponed until next Monday. They'll probably continue to "drag on" because one side doesn't want anything of substance to come out of them... Meanwhile, Israel has announced that there will be no further withdrawals of its troops until the Palestinian Authority takes more steps to halt attacks by Palestinian groups. The Israeli Army's head of central command, General Moshe Kaplinski, made the announcement after meeting Friday with his Palestinian counterpart, General Haj Ismail. And that won't happen because if the Paleocoppers crack down on the Islamothugs and al-Aqsa Brigades they risk a civil war, which they stand a good chance of losing... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |