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The Palestinians Are Doing Their Best to Derail Peace Talks with Israel
(Telegraph-UK) Con Coughlin - I am told by Western diplomats close to the Palestinian-Israeli exploratory talks in Jordan that the reason they are running into difficulty is because the Palestinian delegation, led by Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, is refusing to take the talks seriously. A Western diplomat said that when the Israeli delegation arrived for a meeting last weekend in Amman to present their latest security proposals, Erekat simply refused to enter the room. The diplomat said he was surprised at Erekat's behavior, especially as the topic was supposed to be one of the main topics on the agenda. Erekat's refusal to enter the negotiating room and hear what the Israelis had to say does not bode well for attempts to get the two sides to resume full negotiations, and raises questions about just how serious the Palestinians are about getting a peace deal.