DIPLOMACY: ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS RESUME TALKS AMID HOPE AND PESSIMISM

  "None of these goals are really in line now. Israeli and Palestinian positions are so far apart that the U.S. may want to save face with an interim agreement. It would be in Israel's interest at very little cost to them but at a high cost to the Palestinians. And this would be a disaster...

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Published inGlobal Information Network
Main Author Mitchell Plitnick
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Global Information Network 04.10.2013
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Ami, Jeremy Ben
Indyk, Martin
Obama, Barack
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Summary:  "None of these goals are really in line now. Israeli and Palestinian positions are so far apart that the U.S. may want to save face with an interim agreement. It would be in Israel's interest at very little cost to them but at a high cost to the Palestinians. And this would be a disaster." "We've agreed to intensify the talks, and the U.S. will increase its involvement," [Martin Indyk] said at the conference. "All the core issues are on the table and our common objective is a final status agreement, not an interim one. "The parties have agreed to resolve all the issues in nine months," he continued. "Both sides have negotiated for years. The outline of an agreement is clear. What is needed is leadership and political decisions."