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PA Says Pre-Summit Document to Anchor Final Settlement

[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - The joint document Israel and the Palestinians are negotiating will be the basis for the final settlement between the two sides, Ahmed Qureia, head of the Palestinian team, said Sunday. Qureia said that unless the document is ready by the scheduled date of the summit in Annapolis, the Palestinians will have to reconsider whether they will attend. "If the document is drafted with ambiguities, it is not necessary. Every discussion must include the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem," he said. Qureia offered an example of the kind of detail he expected in the document: "The border [between Israel and the PA] will be on the basis of the 1967 lines, with the possibility of making limited changes that will not undermine the natural resources and territorial contiguity." He said that "this also applies to Jerusalem, the refugees, the settlements, water and all the other issues in the final settlement."
2007-10-09 01:00:00
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