Abbas: Israel cannot change negotiating positions as result of Israeli elections

Dr. Aaron Lerner
IMRA
23 May '10

[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: Mahmoud Abbas is not a child. He knows that when an Israeli prime minister makes an offer that it is not binding on Israel unless the offer is brought before the Cabinet and approved. And even then, until a deal is signed, it only takes a unilateral vote of the Cabinet to rescind the offer.

So when he rejected then PM Olmert's reckless offers (that, by the way, then FM Livni was aware of - so she knew that Jerusalem was being divided even though she claims now that she was never involved in such a thing, and the Shas party - that was promised that Jerusalem wasn't yet on the chopping block was also lied to, but that not the point of this note) he blew it.

We had elections and as a result of this democratic process we have a coalition headed by a PM who won't come close to offering what Olmert did.

And now, like a child, Abbas is trying to turn back the clock.

Were is a comment from the Obama team putting Mr. Abbas in his place for this chutzpah?]

Abbas challenges Mitchell: Will Netanyahu uphold Olmert's promises? PA President stresses that Palestinians are still committed to the positions they presented in response to Olmert's offer in 2008.
By Barak Ravid and Avi Issacharoff
Haaretz
Published 01:48 23.05.10 Latest update 01:48 23.05.10

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell during their meeting in Ramallah Wednesday to clarify with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his stance on several issues. Among them, former prime minister Ehud Olmert's proposal on the borders and security arrangements for a future Palestinian state, as well as Netanyahu's views on the Palestinian response to that offer.

A source privy to the details of the conversation between Mitchell and Abbas told Haaretz that the Palestinian leader stressed that the Palestinians are still committed to the positions they presented in response to Olmert's offer, during negotiations held between August and December 2008.

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