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Arab League supports US Secretary plan to restart peace talks

The peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will be resumed, that what Mr. Kerry and the Arab League members announced after their latest meetings in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday.

Mr. Kerry said to the reporters in the press conference that here had been "very significant" gaps between the Israeli and the Palestinians, but “through hard and deliberate, patient work, and most importantly through quiet work we have been able to narrow those gaps” and he hoped both sides would soon be able to come and sit at the same table.

From their side, The Arab League delegates said in their statement that they "believe Kerry's ideas proposed to the committee today constitute a good ground and suitable environment for restarting the negotiations, especially the new and important political, economic and security elements".

Kerry also mentioned the Saudi initiative that was first proposed in 2002 and offers full recognition of Israel, but only if it returned all land occupied in the 1967 war, as well as agreeing to a solution for Palestinian refugees, but Israel had previously rejected

The latest direct talks between the two sides broke over the issue of settlements two years ago. This issue, especially settlements in West Bank remains one of the biggest problems between the two sides, as Mr Abbas has said that Israel must stop building settlements before resuming the peace talks, but Netanyahu has urged Abbas to return to talks without preconditions.

It has been reported that Mr Kerry has offered the Palestinians a $4bn package of economic incentives as part of his effort to set the stage for peace talks.


By Yusra Ahmed

 

Zaman Alwasl-Amman
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