(Times of Israel) Elhanan Miller - The Palestinians would not have returned to the negotiating table with Israel were it not for an American letter of assurances guaranteeing their main negotiating preconditions, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Nazareth-based A-Shams radio on Tuesday. Erekat said that the U.S. had assured Palestinians in writing that talks would recognize the pre-1967 lines as the basis of a Palestinian state, and would not allow for any interim solutions before a final-status agreement was signed.
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