Important News
- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades in Hebron, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
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- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
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- Prisoners' organizations: Escalating and systematic violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in April
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- Israeli colonists continue attacking Palestinians, their properties in Masafer Yatta
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- Palestinian national heritage committee calls on UNESCO to immediately intervene to stop Israeli violations at Sebastia archaeological site
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- PCBS: 77 years after Nakba, Palestinian population has increased nearly 10-fold
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- German Government alarmed by developments in Gaza
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- One killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza city
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- Cabinet holds meeting in Tulkarm; PM affirms government continues efforts to alleviate residents' suffering
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- Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Nour Shams camp amid ongoing offensive
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- Armed colonists graze their sheep near Palestinian residents' homes south of Hebron
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- UN organizations: 2.1 million Gazans face starvation, as Israeli genocide continues
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President Abbas Says Settlements Main negotiation Obstacle after Annapolis
CAIRO, January 2, 2008 (WAFA) - President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday termed the issue of settlements as the main negotiation obstacle that came up after the Annapolis conference held in late November 2007 in the United States.
At a press conference after his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, President Abbas noted that the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations could not continue with settlement activities going on.
He said Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has recently promised to send a message to all Israeli ministers to halt settlement activities, adding that he believes Olmert has done so.
President Abbas, who arrived in Egypt on Tuesday, called on Israel to really stop settlement activities on the ground, expressing hope that those expected developments would keep the door open for negotiations, committees' formation and final-status talks.
