Epstein Secrets

e that Israel could agree too. They have never wanted the "sovereign cage" of a Palestinian state that Israel can contemplate (as Ahmad Khalidi and Saeb Erekat have categorized the generous Barak and Olmert proposals). What they have always wanted is "runaway" statehood and the total delegitimization of Isr

withdrawn all-together from Gaza, and allowed a Palestinian government to assume authority over 95 percent of West Bank residents. Israel has made the Palestinian Authority three concrete offers for Palestinian statehood over more than 90 percent of West Bank territory plus Gaza. Palestinians have made no even-remotely

he family's charred home, where a relative had tossed a baby bottle still sloshing with milk atop a pile of blackened furniture and burned blankets. Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, called the arson attack a "brutal assassination" and said it was "a direct consequence of decades of impunity gi

ion" and said it was "a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the Israeli government to settler terrorism." President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority said that he would ask the International Criminal Court to investigate the attack as a war crime, local news sites reported. "Steps beyond words al

tely be denounced by Hamas as treason. Meanwhile, he's not in a good position for serious talks with Israel anyway. His minister for negotiations, Saeb Erekat, had a heart attack this spring, and the other old negotiating hands -- former Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and PLO Secretary-General Yasser Abed Rab

rusted, diminishing even further the European Union's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Second, such a move could only undermine Fatah and the Palestinian Authority, which view Hamas as an enemy to be defeated rather than as a genuine partner. Third, peace talks would themselves be impossible if Hamas were part

sident made further US involvement in peace negotiations contingent upon Arafat’s removal from power, and the implementation of democratic reforms in the Palestinian Authority’s political structure. This was consist- ent with Prime Minister Sharon’s policies. At this time, parts of the Palestinian leadership either passively

MERT-ABBAS TALKS \ 4 Nazareth al (2007-2008) o aZare Oty "Projection of Israeli Proposal for Territory" § presented by Palestinian Chief Negotiator ) Saeb Erakat at the International Peace Institute | nN F on 25 lune 2010 Ses s | ef CD Jenin, 7 Area to be swapped from | ~ Palestine to Israel i ¢ Area to be

U.N. bid, if unsuccessful, could spell the end of the Palestinian Authority. There's been a flurry of last-minute pressure f

and Turkish foreign policy Cenap Cakmak Anicle 2. The National Interest The Turkish-Israeli Cold War Henri J. Barkey Article. | os Angeles Times Saeb Erekat on statehood moves at U.N. Edmund Sanders Article 4. Spiegel ‘What's Wrong with the Palestinians Appealing to the UN?' An interview with Arab Leagu