Sunday, September 26, 2010

Israel Ends West Bank Building Ban. Peace Talks In Peril



West Bank Construction Freeze Ends -- L.A. Times

Jewish settlers celebrate, but Palestinians have not indicated they will walk out of intense peace talks.

Reporting from Jerusalem — Israel's partial moratorium on West Bank construction expired late Sunday without a compromise aimed at keeping Palestinians from quitting recently relaunched Mideast peace talks.

But intense negotiations under American mediation continued Sunday night and Palestinians gave no sign that a walkout was imminent.

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More News On Israeli - Palestinian Peace Talks

Netanyahu urges talks as Israel settlement freeze ends -- BBC News
Israeli building ban ends -- Washington Post
Israel ends West Bank building ban -- ABC News (Australia)
West Bank settlement slowdown expires -- CBC
U.S. keeps pushing for direct Israeli-Palestinian talks after construction ban -- RIA Novosti
Peace talks in peril as Israeli settlement freeze expires -- Globe And Mail
Moratorium ends, but major building not expected -- Jerusalem Post

My Comment: This peace process is going nowhere .... both sides have staked their position, but with an ineffective mediator (i.e. the U.S.), I predict that these talks (like all others before) will collapse by the end of this year.

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