Amman talks a failure, Jordan threatens sanctions
The 'Palestinians' have announced that they will not continue meeting with Israeli negotiators in Amman unless and until Israel accepts the 1949 armistice lines as its borders. As a result, Jordan's King Abdullah is blaming Israel for the talks' failure and threatening Israel with sanctions. This is from the first link. The Palestinian Authority will not restart direct peace negotiations with Israel unless Jerusalem recognizes the borders of a Palestinian state, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday according to the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA).Israeli negotiators continue to give upbeat assessments that the talks will continue. But will they? Israel Television is reporting that what Abu Mazen is really looking for is Arab League backing to cover his rear end. But Abbas has a much bigger problem than Arab League backing. In his 8th year of a 4-year term, Abu Mazen has no legitimacy, and knows that he cannot win another election.
"If the borders are set it's possible to return to negotiations, but the Israelis do not want established borders" Abbas said following a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II.
Abbas's made the comments hours before Israeli and Palestinian delegations were to meet in Jordan for the fifth such low-level negotiation this month.
Abbas thanked Jordan for bringing Israelis and Palestinians together for the low-level talks, but failed to say whether they set the pretext for future negotiations. He said the PA would consult Abdullah and the Arab Monitoring Committee before decided whether to press on with the discussions.
The most outstanding issue preventing the resumption of high-level direct negotiations is the continued expansion of Israeli settlements, especially in "occupied" Jerusalem, Abbas said according to the report.
Other PA official made abrupter comments Wednesday, saying that Wednesday's meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Amman would be the final meeting.
The PA has come under heavy pressure from the Quartet to continue the talks but will not agree to do so, Ma'an cited unnamed Palestinian sources as saying.
Jordan's Abdullah, in the meantime, is feeling embarrassed and used. This is from the second link above.
Jordan's King Abdullah alluded to a possible deterioration in Amman's relationship with Jerusalem if unless Israel will "demonstrate it is willing to make considerable moves" to reignite the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the Al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper reported Wednesday.Abdullah is looking to do all those things, because he has been left hung out to dry by the Obama administration's hands off policy in the Middle East. Jordan's little rump king is just looking to stay in power.
According to the London-based Arab publication, Abdullah expected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to "make significant concessions which will allow the Palestinian leadership to justify their return to the negotiating table."
The papers sources said that the king has "three aces up his sleeves," which he may choose to use of Israel proves "suborn," including the possible reduction or suspension of the diplomatic ties between Israel and Jordan, while possibly bolstering ties with both the Jordanian Opposition and even Iran.
What could go wrong?
Labels: 1949 armistice lines, Jordanian King Abdullah
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:09 PM
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