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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150913.html
Palestinians Agree to Resume Indirect Negotiations with Israel
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are to be renewed next week using the "proximity" talks format, a senior government official in Jerusalem said on Thursday. The Israeli and Palestinian teams will sit in separate locations, and U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell and his staff will convey messages between them. Mahmoud Abbas met in Ramallah on Thursday with David Hale, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, who gave Abbas American assurances regarding the renewal of talks with Israel, including a timetable for the move from indirect to direct talks and clarifications regarding the issue of the 1967 borders. A senior government source in Israel said that Israel wants the parties to move as soon as possible from proximity talks to direct talks on all core issues.