ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
Palestinian Sources: 4 Conditions to Return to Peace Negotiations
by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli
March 14, 2017

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, in Ramallah, to discuss the means to launch the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Well-informed Palestinian sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the Palestinian Authority was ready to engage in a fresh round of negotiations with Israel based on four conditions, which include halting illegal settlements, releasing a number of old prisoners, discussing the demarcation of the 1967 borders while guaranteeing the establishment of a Palestinian state within those borders, and determining a timeframe for the end of negotiations. READ MORE

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