Ramallah: The Palestinian Authority on Friday said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want peace.
The Israeli prime minister had rejected United States President Barack Obama’s call for Palestinian-Israeli talks to be based on the 1967 borders, adjusted by some land swaps.
Spokesman for the Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said that Netanyahu had actually rejected Obama’s initiative to re-launch the peace procedure.
Abu Rudeineh rejected Netanyahu’s call for Abbas to choose between peace with Israel and reconciliation with the Islamist Hamas movement, saying the reconciliation and the proposed government resulting from the understanding agreement are internal Palestinian affairs.
‘This is an internal Palestinian affair, and the government is going to be independent and have nothing to do with (Abbas’) Fatah or Hamas. Its programme is that of President Abbas,’ he said. ‘Netanyahu is only trying to find excuses to avoid sitting at the negotiating table.’
Netanyahu’s position, he said, ‘is an official declaration that he is not ready for real peace based on justice and international principles.’
He said the core issues, including refugees, will be resolved through talks, not by statements to the media.
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