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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789009.html
Israel Rejects European Draft for Middle East Peace Initiative
[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday that Israel rejected a new peace initiative sponsored by Spain, Italy, and France which calls for increased international intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Livni told her Spanish counterpart, Miguel Angel Moratinos, that it was unacceptable for an initiative concerning Israel to be launched without coordination with Jerusalem. A senior Israeli official said, "As far as we know, even the European Union is not interested in the idea." Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Thursday announced plans to launch the initiative.