Kerry cancels meeting with Abu Mazen to protest UN applications, but says talks will go on until end of April
Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, Kerry announced that he had cancelled a planned meeting with Abbas in Ramallah on Wednesday, saying "we have certain things we are trying to figure out in terms of the logistics on the ground and what is possible."
Kerry added "my team is on the ground meeting with the parties even now. We urge both parties to show restraint."
Kerry further claimed that none of the 15 institutions the PA asked for membership into were part of the UN. The claim contradicts Abbas, who said earlier on Tuesday "the Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention."
Hinting at the reports Tuesday that the US had offered the release of Jonathan Pollard, now in his 29th year in an American prison on charges of spying for Israel, in exchange for over 400 Israeli-held Arab terrorists and a partial construction freeze, Kerry said no agreement had been reached over "any prisoner."But Kerry also said this:
Despite Abbas's unilateral move for international recognition in breach of the peace talk conditions, established last July by Kerry, the secretary of state noted "President Abbas has given me his word that he will continue to negotiate until the end of April." The talks are set to last until April 29.And Abu Mazen's word is worth? Zero.
Labels: Abu Mazen, Geneva Convention, John Kerry, Jonathan Pollard, Middle East peace process, United Nations
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:01 PM
3 Comments:
Skerry Kerry is an idiot....I apologize to other idiots whom he makes look good.
The so-called peace talks are now officially dead.
Abu Bluff as usual wants it both ways. There is no point in talking to someone who has broken his word.
He should not expect Israel to continue to be bound by its commitments when he so brazenly flouted his own agreed undertakings.
Israel should not allow him to get away with it.
This is the best thing that could have happened for Israel. So big deal. Instead of waiting a month to do this, he's doing it now. In the meantime, the talks will go on (supposedly), 20-odd murderers will remain locked up, and no dangerous precedents will have been established regarding Israel's sovereignty over its citizens.
Of course, the PLO will be breaching the Oslo Accords (for the Nth time). What a wonderful opportunity to send them back to Tunisia and retrieve the rifles we gave them.
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