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Related: About this forumPLO negotiator rejects US moves to extend peace talks
A senior Palestinian official on Thursday rejected US moves to extend an April deadline for nine months of talks with Israel to culminate in a framework peace deal.
"There is no meaning to prolonging the negotiation, even for one more additional hour, if Israel, represented by its current government, continues to disregard international law," PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erekat told AFP.
"If there was a committed partner, we wouldn't even have needed nine hours to reach that deal," he said.
He was responding to comments by US Secretary of State John Kerry who told reporters in Washington on Wednesday that more time would be needed and that he hoped first to agree a framework to guide further talks.
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COLGATE4
(14,791 posts)Arafat's propensity to never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Well, since it's worked so well in the past...
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)or the legacy of the pan Arab Peace Initiative? Which Israel has rejected not once but twice out of hand?
COLGATE4
(14,791 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Thanks for reminding us of that
COLGATE4
(14,791 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)as outlined under the Arab Peace Initiative, but why?