Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
With Amira Hanania Rishmawi of Palestine TV
And Udi Segal of Israel Channel 2
September 3, 2010
Washington, D.C.
QUESTION: Madam Secretary, Shalom, and thank you for this unique opportunity with my colleague, Amira Hanania.
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PA: Settlers can become Palestinian citizens
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Akiva Eldar - (Interview) December 31, 1969 - 8:00pm Perhaps it is a small coincidence that key Fatah figure Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), who heads the Palestinian negotiating team with Israel, decided to present the Palestinian position a few days before his boss, President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), talks to United States President Barack Obama about those negotiations. |
ATFP is proud to present the following group of statements made by officials at the recently convened direct Middle East peace negotiations:
Official statements by President Obama, President Mubarak, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and President Abbas, dated September 1st, 2010 can be found here.
BBC World Service - World, Have your say aired on Tuesday September 28, 2010.
They're often cited as the biggest obstacle to peace in the Middle East and its taken just three weeks before the issue has caused major problems in the talks.
The US has sent its Middle East Envoy to try and resolve the situation but have the settlements now become an excuse not to seek peace?
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Abbas agrees to peace talks based on 1967 borders
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from December 31, 1969 - 8:00pm President Mahmoud Abbas has told France he is ready to attend a Paris peace conference if Israel accepts talks based on the 1967 borders, an aide told AFP Sunday. Nimr Hammad, a political adviser to Abbas, said the president had told French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe that he agreed officially to a French proposal to host a peace conference in Paris before July. Juppe raised the possibility of the conference during a visit to Israel and the West Bank this week. |