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BY DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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Fascist Israel’s stumbling blocks in peace talks
US-Israeli twins deliberately continue, like unstoppable NATO rogue states in Islamic world or street criminal boys in India, to build illegal colonies inside Palestine to create hurdles for the Palestine people to have a contiguous nation without Zionist colonies in between. Fascist Israel has continued to occupy Palestine with support from western terrocracies so far.
Even while they claim to restart “peace talks, Israel gave its final approval last week for the construction of more than 700 new settlement homes in Modiin Ilit, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Earlier this year, Netanyahu ruled out removing any Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem ahead of elections in Israel. Following the vote, Netanyahu remained prime minister, leading a new coalition.
The settlement issue is just one of several thorny problems which have stymied previous attempts to get the two sides back to the negotiating table. The Palestinians have also demanded previously that any talks be on the basis of the borders in place from 1949 to 1967, when Israel seized the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
The future status of Jerusalem and any “right of return” for Palestinian refugees and their descendents are also core issues in any future peace talks. The Palestinian position is further complicated by the the fact that Gaza is ruled by the Islamist group Hamas, whereas Abbas’s Fatah movement is in control of the West Bank.
Being the target of Zionist fascist attacks, the ruling Hamas government has rejected the announcement of a return to talks, saying Abbas had no right to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinian people.
Since taking office in February, The US Secretary of State John Kerry has paid six visits to the Middle East in an effort to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinians. John Kerry has said that time is running out for a two-state solution to their decades-old conflict. The issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks between the two sides.
The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said that Israel must freeze settlement-building before stalled peace talks can resume, while Netanyahu has urged Abbas to return to talks without preconditions.
There was an angry reaction in Israel earlier this week when the European Union approved new guidelines which prevent Israeli projects in occupied territories from receiving European grants or prize money.
Mrs. Tzipi Livni, Israeli foreign minister under centrist former Kadami Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, returned to cabinet and will act as chief negotiator in any talks with the Palestinians. Ms Livni responded optimistically to Friday’s developments, saying “four years of diplomatic stagnation” were about to end, after “months of skepticism and cynicism”. British Foreign Secretary William Hague, welcoming Friday’s announcement, paid tribute to Kerry’s efforts and commended “the leadership shown by both Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas”.
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BY DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
[ Educationist, Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements (Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc.) Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Specialist on State Terrorism ; Commentator on world affairs & sport fixings, Expert on Mideast Affairs,Former university Teacher; Editor:INTERNATIONAL OPINION; Editor: FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES; Palestine Times: RANDOM THOUGHTS; (http://abdulrubb.wordpress.com); website: http://abdulruff.wordpress.com/ mail: abdulruff_jnu@yahoo.com]
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