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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/23/AR2010102303480.html
Despite Fanfare, Mideast Peace Talks Quickly Run Aground
(Washington Post) Glenn Kessler and Janine Zacharia - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and PA President Abbas haven't met since Secretary of State Clinton brought the two together on Sept. 15 in Jerusalem, two weeks after President Obama launched the resumption of negotiations on Palestinian statehood in Washington with much fanfare. The Arab League said it would wait a month - until Nov. 8 - before ending Abbas' mandate for negotiations, thus pushing the issue beyond the U.S. midterm elections. Asked whether he was still a member of the Palestinian negotiating team, Muhammad Shatayeh said Friday: "That's right. But there are no negotiations.'' Shatayeh said, "We are going to go to Washington to recognize a Palestinian state on 1967 borders. If that doesn't work, we'll go to the UN Security Council and will ask Washington not to veto.'' If Washington vetoes, he said, then the Palestinians will take their case to the UN General Assembly.