[Ha'aretz] Barak Ravid and Assaf Uni - The Israel Foreign Ministry on Sunday dismissed a call by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana for the UN to set a deadline for the establishment of a Palestinian state. "Resolutions 242 and 338 of the UN, the Roadmap, and agreements between Israel and the Palestinians all cautiously determine that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will only be reached through negotiations by the sides," the ministry said in a statement. "Israel has called more than once for the immediate renewal of the talks without preconditions. Another demand setting an artificial deadline endangers and harms the chances of actually reaching a bilateral agreement between Israel and the Palestinians."
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