By  Daniel Siryoti

 Published on  01-01-2021 08:35

 

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لسلطة الفلسطينية مهتمة باستئناف المحادثات مع إسرائيل ، 

علمت يسرائيل هيوم من مسؤول فلسطيني كبير ،

الذي قال إن الرئيس محمود عباس اتصل بمسؤولين

في إدارة بايدن المستقبلية طالبًا

"باستئناف المفاوضات مع إسرائيل

في أقرب وقت ممكن من خلال الوساطة

الأمريكية و بدون شروط مسبقة ".

 

The Palestinian Authority is interested in resuming talks with Israel,

Israel Hayom has learned from a senior Palestinian official,

who said that President Mahmoud Abbas

has contacted officials in the future Biden administration

asking "to resume negotiations with Israel

as soon as possible through American mediation and without preconditions."

Abbas would like to take advantage of the fact

that no clear policy has been formulated by the Biden administration

yet in regard to the Palestinian cause

and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he said. 

 

"The goal is to strike while the iron is hot

and resume negotiations without delay. 

The new Biden administration has a lot on its plate:

it has internal problems to resolve,

it has to come up with a policy about the Iran nuclear deal,

and restore its relationship with China and the European Union."

 

The official added that if all that resulted in the Biden administration pushing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

to the bottom of its agenda,

then the Palestinian cause will enter a limbo,

and the political process will take months to progress. 

 

In the meantime, Israel would be able to formulate policies

that will perpetuate the current situation,

perhaps even lead to the expansion of existing settlements

and the building of new ones.

 

 

According to the official,

Abbas' message was delivered to Washington by the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani,

with whom Abbas met in Doha.

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