RAMALLAH, April 12, 2012 (WAFA) – The Quartet of Middle East mediators should have a mechanism and a timeline for the implementation and monitoring of its decisions, presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Thursday.

The Quartet, composed of the United Nations, European Union, Russia and the United States, called on the Palestinians and Israelis to resume direct negotiations and to refrain from unilateral acts, including settlement construction. It also called on Israel to stop settler violence against the Palestinian people and to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Speaking to Voice of Palestine radio from Tokyo, where President Mahmoud Abbas is on an official visit, Abu Rudeineh said the Quartet, which had its meeting in Washington on Wednesday, should take measures against the party that does not implement its obligations if it wants to give credibility to the peace process.

He said the Palestinian Authority met all its commitments as required by the Quartet while Israel did not and insisted on proceeding with settlements.

Abu Rudeineh said Israel should accept the two-state solution and the 1967 lines as the framework for the negotiations and should also stop settlement expansion in the West Bank, including in occupied East Jerusalem, to allow negotiations to resume.

He said if this happens, there will be no problem in holding bilateral and direct negotiations.

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