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British MP: Palestinians Must Show They Are Serious about Peace
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - Visiting British member of parliament Stephen Crabb, who chairs the Conservative Friends of Israel parliamentary group, told the Jerusalem Post: "The Palestinians have to bring something more to the table than just a plea for sympathy and cash. There has to be a pragmatic decision to talk the language of peace and to engage in a genuine and real process. Patience is running out." On Wednesday, after his group met with PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat, Crabb said he was disappointed by the meeting. "I went there wanting to see if there was a glimmer of opportunity, a glimmer of hope from Dr. Erekat....I came away thinking that they [the Palestinians] are absolutely not going to let this be a moment of opportunity....It was a cold blast of what the default Palestinian position is, really. It underscored to me just how dug in the Palestinian leadership is when it comes to, not just the Trump plan but any talk of a serious peace negotiation."