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    Interpreting unambiguously this U.S. stand, Erekat said: "Clinton was only opening the door to more settlements." The alternative left for Palestinians, he revealed, is to “refocus their attention on the one-state solution where Muslims, Christians and Jews can live as equals”. Full Article at Global Geopolitics News and Analysis
    Clinton was only opening the door to more settlements.
    Saeb Erekat – Saeb Erekat SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
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MIDDLE EAST: ‘It’s Time For Palestinian President To Tell The Truth’
  1. Palestinians may have to abandon the goal of an independent state if Israel continues to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied territories
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
  2. Anything short of that is a non-option for us
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
  3. It is time for Palestinian president (Mohmoud Abbas) to tell his people the truth
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
  4. We do not accept the legitimacy of settlement activity and we have a very firm belief that ending all settlement activity, current and future would be preferable
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
  5. If the Israelis believe they want to partition the West Bank with us, this is a no-go. This is a non-starter
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
  6. This is dictation and not negotiations
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
  7. Israeli and Palestinians live alongside in peace
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
  8. It is very serious. This is the moment of truth for us.
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago
  9. that Jerusalem will be the eternal and united capital of Israel, that refugees won’t be discussed, that our state will be demilitarised, that we have to recognise the Jewish state, that it’s not going to be the 1967 borders, that the skies will be under his control
    SOURCE: Global Geopolitics News and Analysis 1 month ago

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