Abbas Sees Six-month Timeframe For Peace Talks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Mohammed Assadi - October 4, 2007 - 2:38pm Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's government said on Thursday formal negotiations to create a Palestinian state could be completed six months after a U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference. Palestinian Information Minister Riyad al-Malki said the agreement would then be brought before the Palestinian people, both inside the Palestinian territories and abroad, for a referendum. |
VOA's "On the Line" had Hussein Ibish, senior fellow at ATFP, to discusses what can be done differently during this peace process to get beyond the past stalemates and achieve desirable results.