Israel rejects Obama's demand to commit to massive withdrawal before talks

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 21 October 2009

Yisrael Hayom diplomatic correspondent Shlomo Tzesna reports in today's
edition that the Netanyahu Administration has rejected an American plan
according to which a summit would be held in another month that would be
based on an Israeli commitment to reach an agreement for the establishment
of a Palestinian state within two years as well as Israeli willingness to
carry out a massive withdrawal from Judea and Samaria. Under the plan,
intensive final status talks between Israel and the Palestinians were to be
opened after the summit.

At the same time, Haaretz reports today that Chief Palestinian negotiator
Saeb Erekat said in an interview published in Al-Ayyam that the PA demands
that U.S. President Obama state that the negotiations will lead to a
complete Israeli withdraw to the '67 lines.

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