Israeli soldiers and a security personnel open the gate of a check-point in the West Bank city of Hebron July 21, 2013. REUTERS-Mussa Qawasma
Palestinians, Israelis Play Down Chances Of Imminent Talks -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Israelis and Palestinians played down on Monday the prospects of their peace envoys meeting in Washington any time soon, and the White House said its hope of coaxing them back into talks remained an "enormous challenge".
Palestinians said negotiations could not begin unless it was clear in advance that they would be about a future state based on pre-1967 borders, while an Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would seek the approval of his cabinet before going ahead.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, winding up months of intensive mediation, said on Friday that Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and his Israeli counterpart, Tzipi Livni, would join him in Washington "to begin initial talks within the next week or so".
The talks would be aimed at resuming negotiations stalled since 2010 in a dispute over Jewish settlement building on land Palestinians seek for a state.
But an Israeli official said "it looks like negotiations will begin only next week, not this week."
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My Comment: Not everyone is happy or enthusiastic with these talks .... from the Israelis .... and from the Palestinians. Throw in the fact that conditions for talks are now being brought forward makes me believe that in the end .... these talks .... like all past talks .... will go nowhere.
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