by Saed Bannoura -
Following the Abbas-Olmert
Tuesday meeting in Jerusalem,
Israeli Foreign Minister, head of
the Israeli Negotiations Team,
Tzipi Livni, stated that Israel
should not play any role in
resolving the issue of the
Palestinian refugees.
This statement observed as an
official attempt by Israel not to
recognize its responsibility for
the displacement of the refugees,
and violates all related security
council and general assembly
resolutions.
In a conference in Jerusalem,
Livni said that any final solution
with the Palestinians should lead to a Jewish
State and a Palestinian state, but Israel should not do
anything regarding the return of the Palestinian refugees.
She added that the Palestinian State should be the final
and comprehensive solution to the refugees wherever
they are and Israel will be the
“National House for All Jews”.
Livni also accused the Palestinians of being incapable
of fulfilling their commitments to the Road Map Plan
and the singed peace deal.
She stated that “even though the negotiations did not
lead to any positive issue, the Israelis must set the aim
to maintain Israel as a national Jewish state”.
On Tuesday evening, Israeli Prime Minister.
Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President,
Mahmoud Abbas, met in Jerusalem.
Livni, who heads the negotiations team, and
Ahmad Qorea’, who heads the Palestinian team,
were also present at the meeting, Israeli online
daily Haaretz, reported.
Abbas and Olmert did not hold any talks over the
issue of Jerusalem although Abbas called earlier for
discussing all sensitive issues.
A senior Israeli official said that the two leaders agreed
to speed up the peace talks.
Palestinian negotiator Dr. Sa’eb Erekat, said that
Abbas and Olmert reviews several issues during their
meeting but did not reach any agreement.
He added that the two leaders will meet
again in two weeks.
Meanwhile, spokesperson of Olmert, Mark Regev,
said that Palestinian and Israeli negotiators would meet
almost on daily bases, Haaretz said.
He added that earlier this week Abbas accepted an
Israeli proposal to delay the talks on Jerusalem until
the final status talks. Yet, Palestinian officials
denied the Israeli claim.
Regev added that he is now aware if there had been
any change in the Israeli position regarding this issue,
but stated that the issue of Jerusalem was not
addressed during this meeting, Haaretz reported.
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