(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh and Herb Keinon - Just four days after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday threatened again that the Palestinians will pull out of the direct talks if the construction freeze in the settlements, due to expire later this month, is not extended. Abbas stressed that he would not make any concessions to Israel. "If they demand concessions on the rights of the refugees or the 1967 borders, I will quit. I can't allow myself to make even one concession," he said.
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