Israel and the Palestinian Authority will resume direct negotiations on Sept. 2 in Washington, where U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged them to resolve their conflict within one year.
While the U.S. target may be ambitious, the chances for agreement on creating a Palestinian state may be slipping away if delays last much longer, said Shibley Telhami, a professor at the University of Maryland in College Park.
“There is no margin of error -- the prospect of a two- state solution is fading fast,” Telhami said. “If you don’t put a deadline it won’t happen. If it does not happen next year it does not happen, period. There is a sense of urgency.”
Clinton said yesterday that she and President Barack Obama invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington to meet face-to-face to formally open a fresh round of talks. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan will join them.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...rect-talks-with-u-s-deadline-of-one-year.html
Palestinians see danger for Abbas in resumed Israel peace talks
Middle East peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians may resume in September. Palestinians warn it could be 'political suicide' for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Midd...anger-for-Abbas-in-resumed-Israel-peace-talks
Hamas rejects US call for peace talks
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While the U.S. target may be ambitious, the chances for agreement on creating a Palestinian state may be slipping away if delays last much longer, said Shibley Telhami, a professor at the University of Maryland in College Park.
“There is no margin of error -- the prospect of a two- state solution is fading fast,” Telhami said. “If you don’t put a deadline it won’t happen. If it does not happen next year it does not happen, period. There is a sense of urgency.”
Clinton said yesterday that she and President Barack Obama invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington to meet face-to-face to formally open a fresh round of talks. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan will join them.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...rect-talks-with-u-s-deadline-of-one-year.html
Palestinians see danger for Abbas in resumed Israel peace talks
Middle East peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians may resume in September. Palestinians warn it could be 'political suicide' for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Midd...anger-for-Abbas-in-resumed-Israel-peace-talks
Hamas rejects US call for peace talks
http://presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=139471§ionid=351020202