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| Ease curbs now, says Fayyad | |
| 2010-09-25 | |
[Gulf Times] Israel should loosen restrictions in the West Bank and Gazoo immediately as a sign of good faith that new peace talks can produce a deal within a year, the Paleostinian prime minister said on Thursday.
Paleostinians want "manifestations or events suggestive of an occupation on its way to ending, an occupation that's viewed as being rolled back. We do not see that," he said. Israel and the Paleostinians resumed peace talks for the first time in nearly two years on September 2, pledging to reach a comprehensive deal within a year. But the resumption of talks has been accompanied by renewed violence, including deadly assaults on settlers in the West Bank and a shooting attack by a settler guard on a Paleostinian that sparked riots in East Jerusalem. Fayyad said his government was committed to the peace processor, despite the violence and questions over whether Israel will allow a freeze on settlement construction to expire over vehement Paleostinian objections. But he warned that Israel had taken few concrete measures that suggested it believed peace was possible within a year. "If that's going to happen, then it stands to reason that we should be right in expecting to begin to see the occupation begin to be rolled back." | |
| Posted by:Fred |