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Abbas to Haaretz: Peace deal would have to include right of return
By Akiva Eldar and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel, Palestinians, Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas doubts that any peace agreement can be reached by the end of 2008, as not one of the six key issues in a final-status arrangement has yet been resolved, but insists that any future deal will have to include the right of return for Palestinian refugees.

Speaking to Haaretz on the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords, Abbas said that Washington plays a central role in the peace process. Senior American officials are anxious to reach an agreement by the end of the year and are convinced this is possible.

However, the gaps between the parties remain wide.
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"We presented our ideas and demands regarding the six issues," Abbas stated, "but have not received any answer from the Israeli side."

Among other things, the Palestinians are demanding negotiations over disputed lands claimed by both sides, such as the Latrun region, as part of their demand for an Israeli withdrawal from the entire West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, subject to territorial swaps.

Regarding the refugees, the Palestinian president said: "We understand that if all five million refugees return to their homes, the State of Israel will be destroyed." Nonetheless, he added, Israel must discuss both its responsibility for the refugee problem and a practical right of return.

From his remarks, it was apparent that he was trying to bring across the message that he is probably the best negotiations partner Israel can currently hope for. On one issue, however, he was adamant: the right of return. In any future peace deal, Israel will have to commit to absorbing Palestinian refugees, following negotiations over the numbers, he insisted.

"Palestinians who do not return to Israel will be able to return to Palestine," he continued. He also said a solution to the refugee problem would be based on the Arab peace initiative of 2002, which stated that the solution must be based on United Nations Resolution 194, but acceptable to Israel.

Abbas pointed out that every Muslim nation in the region, including Iran (prior to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election as president), adopted the Arab initiative. "I presented the document with the Iranian signature to Olmert, but he did not respond," Abbas said. "Regrettably, to this day no debate has been held by the Israeli cabinet."

Abbas stressed that he will not agree to an interim arrangement such as a state in temporary borders. Any agreement must address all the components of the conflict, including Jerusalem and the right of return, he said; therefore, "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed."

He concurred with Jordan's King Abdullah II, who told the French newspaper L'Express that he doubts Israel wants to resolve the conflict, as it lacks long-term vision. The outlines of an agreement are well known, he said, and Israel's internal political disputes are apparently the reason no progress has been made.

Under an Arab League proposal to reconcile Fatah and Hamas, Abbas said, all members of the Fatah-Hamas unity government would have to honor all agreements and commitments signed by the PLO, including the Arab initiative and the road map. He urged Israel to release all the Hamas parliamentarians it has jailed, saying: "We have made it clear to Israel that any peace agreement would involve the release of all Palestinian prisoners."

He also warned against the increasing strength of Al-Qaida in the territories and said the way to curb the organization's power is to end the blockade of Gaza, since suffering strengthens the extremists.

"Even today, I am sure I would sign the Oslo Accords," Abbas concluded. "I risked my life for peace, and if I have to pay for it with my life, it is still a marginal price."

He rejected calls from some leading Palestinian for a single state in which Palestinians would have equal rights. "We must stick to the 'two states for two peoples' solution. But the continued construction of settlements, the roadblocks, the raids in the West Bank distance it."

He emphasized that the West Bank and Gaza must be united, or there will be no Palestinian state. Nonetheless, he insisted that this must be achieved only through diplomatic means. "We erred when we made the second intifada into an armed struggle, and I will do everything to prevent a third armed intifada," he said.


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      1.   "Palestinians are demanding negotiations":what it means 02:07  |  Arie 12/09/08
      2.   pali DEMANDS re 6 "key issues" 02:14  |  Arie 12/09/08
      3.   Anybody Surprised? 03:09  |  Johnny Weintraub 12/09/08
      4.   Abbas: Peace deal with Israel unlikely this year 04:09  |  Joseph L. 12/09/08
      5.   There was never a chance 05:06  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/08
      6.   Flash forward: 2083: Peace deal unlikely this year 05:09  |  Jon 12/09/08
      7.   What exactly is Israel getting? 05:46  |  Meir 12/09/08
      8.   On Behalf of the Arab League and Iran , Abu Mazen Is Lying To Isr 06:19  |  Joseph.E 12/09/08
      9.   What Is likely Is A Signed Agrrement on Principle by Year`s End 06:35  |  Joseph.E 12/09/08
      10.   President Abbas must also acknowledge Hamas contributed to... 06:38  |  Smadar 12/09/08
      11.   Is a ?Palestinian State? legitimate? 07:08  |  Jerome Bernier 12/09/08
      12.   What`s wrong with the Arab League proposal? 09:09  |  utagawa 12/09/08
      13.   So Peres was talking from his rear end the other day? 09:16  |  Clickfool 12/09/08
      14.   Better no deal than a bad one! 09:18  |  utagawa 12/09/08
      15.   ABBAS WILL NEVER SEE PEACE IN HIS LIFETIME 09:22  |  indrajaya 12/09/08
      16.   ABBAS WILL NEVER SEE PEACE IN HIS LIFETIME 09:22  |  indrajaya 12/09/08
      17.   Israel is still addicted to land-grab instead of PEACE!!! 09:30  |  Ivar 12/09/08
      18.   For Smadar # 10 09:48  |  Clickfool 12/09/08
      19.   Peace talks are a sham 09:58  |  Natallie Durson 12/09/08
      20.   Peace deal unlikely ever. 10:01  |  Pinchas 12/09/08
      21.   I apocalyptically disagree 10:55  |  Shimon Cleopas 12/09/08
      22.   #8 Yes yes yes Joseph E 11:36  |  ibsen 12/09/08
      23.   Palestinians suffer from the gimmes 12:36  |  x-ray 12/09/08
      24.   End of the Arab and Jewish Israeli Conflicts 12:50  |  Dov Ber 12/09/08
      25.   Clickfool - ? 13:08  |  Stephen Molton 12/09/08
      26.   Biggest land grab 13:35  |  Jackie 12/09/08
      27.   Clockfool`s anti-Israelomania 13:56  |  Nora 12/09/08
      28.   For Stephen Molton # 25 14:00  |  Clickfool 12/09/08
      29.   several reasonable remarks by M.Abbas 14:08  |  tristan 12/09/08
      30.   reasonable remarks by M.Abbas 14:12  |  tristan 12/09/08
      31.   Peace deal unlikely this year.... 14:40  |  David Nigel Braham 12/09/08
      32.   Arabs and Palestinians demand and demand... 15:32  |  Richard S 12/09/08
      33.   The blindness of the peace camp 15:36  |  Jess Thomson 12/09/08
      34.   Yes 15:43  |  Jack 12/09/08
      35.   Natlaie short on history as usual 15:48  |  utagawa 12/09/08
      36.   Clickfool # 18. 15:53  |  David Nigel Braham 12/09/08
      37.   "We understand that if all 5 million refugees return to their.... 15:53  |  Swiss (Dino) 12/09/08
      38.   Well Then Just Keep Talking And Move On 15:57  |  Yosemite 12/09/08
      39.   Peace dreamers 16:18  |  Thunder 12/09/08
      40.   #37:Swiss (Dino), what they fear is not Israeli fanatics 16:23  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 12/09/08
      41.   There`s No "Right" of Return But There is a Right to Compensation 16:42  |  MIKE 12/09/08
      42.   gaza and west bank united? 16:42  |  rodj 12/09/08
      43.   Abbas peace Deal-right of return 16:43  |  MIKE CATO 12/09/08
      44.   Abbas and the right to return. 16:46  |  ottomatik 12/09/08
      45.   Tristan: #30 : Hamas is against Israel, not against Jews 16:48  |  Jane 12/09/08
      46.   # 40 DOC HOLLIDAY, sorry if I make it rather quickly.. 17:09  |  Swiss (Dino) 12/09/08
      47.   # 46 Jane : wrong 17:26  |  tristan 12/09/08
      48.   #45plain jane and plenty of nonsense 17:41  |  victor hardman 12/09/08
      49.   Abbas to Haaretz: Peace deal would have to include right of retur 17:56  |  martin list, m.d. 12/09/08
      50.   right of return to no where 18:27  |  jacques 12/09/08
      51.   It seems to me that there is no point in negotiating unless... 18:35  |  Realist 12/09/08
      52.   right of return= national suicide 18:37  |  Dr. mark Nusbaum 12/09/08
      53.   #32 Richard 19:07  |  Courcey 12/09/08
      54.   To utagawa # 7 - What`s wrong with the Arab Peace Proposal 19:12  |  Dagma 12/09/08
      55.   To utagawa # 7 - What`s wrong with the Arab Peace Proposal 19:12  |  Dagma 12/09/08
      56.   Proper compensation and the Arab league 19:14  |  Miche Norman 12/09/08
      57.   Even talking with with pal`s is a high treason... 19:31  |  misha 12/09/08
      58.   # 19 The land is Jewish, fatmah, and will stay Jewish forever... 19:34  |  misha 12/09/08
      59.   Abbas is making it clear THERE CAN BE NO AGREEMENT 19:35  |  McQueen 12/09/08
      60.   # 15 Peace will come, provided the following is implemented... 19:36  |  misha 12/09/08
      61.   Who was it who said Peace Deal would Have to 19:40  |  Dolly 12/09/08
      62.   Victor Hardman #48 19:43  |  Sam 12/09/08
      63.   My response 19:45  |  lady from USA 12/09/08
      64.   IMMOVABLE OBJECT/UNSTOPPABLE FORCE 20:12  |  DENNIS MIV 12/09/08
      65.   No 44 - the Jews had a dream - why not the Palestinians? 20:35  |  Palestinian Brit 12/09/08
      66.   The Islamist in A Suit 20:42  |  marat 12/09/08
      67.   Palestinians should have right to stay 20:45  |  lady from USA 12/09/08
      68.   For David Nigel Braham # 36 20:52  |  Clickfool 12/09/08
      69.   Dennis 21:05  |  Tex 12/09/08
      70.   Right of Return 21:15  |  Dave Duncan 12/09/08
      71.   Mexican-American and American Indian States 21:17  |  lady from USA 12/09/08
      72.   The Hawaiians deserve to have a country too 21:21  |  lady from USA 12/09/08
      73.   Swiss (Dino) #46 21:25  |  Gil 12/09/08
      74.   ROR or compensation, for all 21:36  |  Dave from Chicago 12/09/08
      75.   What exactly is Israel getting? #7 21:46  |  wibism 12/09/08
      76.   Jews right of return to Persia 21:47  |  lady from USA 12/09/08
      77.   #32 Arabs and Palestinians demand and demand... 21:48  |  wibism 12/09/08
      78.   the destruction of Israel? 21:50  |  wibism 12/09/08
      79.   Artificial Nationalism is a burden 21:53  |  Scharker Yid 12/09/08
      80.   Right of return and State for Jews 21:57  |  lady from USA 12/09/08
      81.   Jews should have the right of return and a State in Egypt 22:02  |  lady from USA 12/09/08
      82.   abbas back to jordan?? 23:03  |  nouti 12/09/08
      83.   Decendents of refugees are not refugees 23:13  |  Voice of Reason 12/09/08
      84.   Swiss (Dino) #46 23:19  |  Gil 12/09/08
      85.   #58 a slogan a day keeps the truith well away wibism 23:44  |  v.hardman 12/09/08
      86.   Negotiations with Abbas are Wishful thinking 23:48  |  Rafi 12/09/08
      87.   MIKE 23:49  |  judith 12/09/08
      88.   to jordan that`s where thepals live 23:54  |  real vision 12/09/08
      89.   By the way... 23:57  |  Jose Marcio 12/09/08
      90.   MIke 23:58  |  UN`s responsibility? 12/09/08
      91.   Once again - lack of goodwil by Palestinians 00:14  |  Mary P. 13/09/08
      92.   Then let there be no peace 00:19  |  Mike 13/09/08
      93.   peace plan 00:27  |  jorge grosz 13/09/08
      94.   Return to Arabia 00:34  |  Rick & TC 13/09/08
      95.   Convince Us First You Deserve to Stay in Eastern Israel 00:42  |  Baruch Gold 13/09/08
      96.   Arab Reparations to Israel estimated at 10 Trillion 00:51  |  Baruch Gold 13/09/08
      97.   #65 Clickfool 00:55  |  Mark B. 13/09/08
      98.   If this is Poker Than "Palestians" Have No Hand To Play 00:58  |  Baruch Gold 13/09/08
      99.   #72 lady from US...I believe they voted 01:30  |  Lynn 13/09/08
      100.   # 84 Gil, please forget about the Cantons...... 01:30  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/09/08
      101.   #18 Clickfoof "NOTHING FROM NOTHING" 1975 Billy Preston... 01:37  |  Smadar 13/09/08
      102.   Israel doesn`t recognize Palestinian rights, not even to exist! 01:41  |  Maureen Ann 13/09/08
      103.   #18 Clickfool con`t NOTHIN` FROM NOTHIN` 1975 01:43  |  Smadar 13/09/08
      104.   Mike # 92 I`m Afraid That You`re Right 02:04  |  Jeff Northridge 13/09/08
      105.   I alway suspected the man does not want the state 02:38  |  17 13/09/08
      106.   Clickfool re David N Braham`s question 02:39  |  Free Gilad Shalit 13/09/08
      107.   To where? 02:55  |  Thundercloud65 13/09/08
      108.   Mark B, agree with the latter part of your comment 03:01  |  jj 13/09/08
      109.   Anyone notice this bit? 03:23  |  Johnboy 13/09/08
      110.   What is Jordan and Gaza 03:24  |  Great White North 13/09/08
      111.   Why Abbas and Arabs on Jewish land don`t want peace 03:33  |  Great White North 13/09/08
      112.   Mark Lincoln-Only Bush? 04:03  |  Daniel Leopold 13/09/08
      113.   #108 jj, not one exclusive Jewish right in history books 04:09  |  Mark B. 13/09/08
      114.   Descendents of refugees are not refugees? 04:25  |  wibism 13/09/08
      115.   Same Old Song & Dance 04:48  |  Ron 13/09/08
      116.   Clickfool 04:54  |  Harold 13/09/08
      117.   wibism 04:58  |  Wally 13/09/08
      118.   To Lynn 05:06  |  lady from USA 13/09/08
      119.   Palestine "specialness" 05:15  |  Other Voices 13/09/08
      120.   wibism 05:17  |  lady from USA 13/09/08
      121.   #118 lady from US....I`m not sure of the lineage 05:30  |  Lynn 13/09/08
      122.   The Arab Higher Committee declarations in 1948 05:48  |  Steve 13/09/08
      123.   maureen ann 06:00  |  Avi 13/09/08
      124.   # Avi. And what does America do? 07:29  |  Maureen Ann 13/09/08
      125.   Wibism mumbling about mumbo jumbo 08:21  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 13/09/08
      126.   Israel must bring the contents of the Koran, 08:45  |  Akram Zekaria 13/09/08
      127.   All the Palestinians will return one day to 10:10  |  D. 13/09/08
      128.   Difficult.... 10:54  |  Esther 13/09/08
      129.   right of return 10:57  |  siem 13/09/08
      130.   Clickfool # 68. 11:09  |  David Nigel Braham 13/09/08
      131.   Swiss (Dino) #100 11:34  |  Gil 13/09/08
      132.   #62 sam poses the question of equality for all 12:06  |  v.hardman 13/09/08
      133.   Dhimmi Olmert Agreed To East Jerusalem As ArabPal Capital 12:33  |  Joseph.E 13/09/08
      134.   Esther, the vacated homes 12:46  |  x-ray 13/09/08
      135.   # 131 Gil 12:54  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/09/08
      136.   refugees 13:18  |  izaak 13/09/08
      137.   x-ray #134 13:34  |  Esther 13/09/08
      138.   Esther 14:20  |  Nir 13/09/08
      139.   Esther kindly reread my message #134 14:24  |  x-ray 13/09/08
      140.   What Palestinian demands mean 14:24  |  Yonatan 13/09/08
      141.   Palestine is an internal struggle for power. 15:06  |  Akram Zekaria 13/09/08
      142.   Let the Pals come to the US 15:24  |  W 13/09/08
      143.   WRONG AGAIN SILVIENNE 15:41  |  Brant 13/09/08
      144.   x-ray #138 15:47  |  Esther 13/09/08
      145.   Ok Abbas, now rests wating the Jordanian answer for the return 15:57  |  JP 13/09/08
      146.   Esther (#137) Re XRay, Esther I think the Pals should say thanks 16:03  |  Gil 13/09/08
      147.   What`s wrong with Israel accepting 500,000 returning Pals? 16:09  |  Michael 13/09/08
      148.   Swiss (Dino) #135 Not the majority 16:11  |  Gil 13/09/08
      149.   Michael UK 17:11  |  x-ray 13/09/08
      150.   #149 x ray counselling nitwits like michael uk is acomplete waste 17:20  |  v.hardman 13/09/08
      151.   145# Sorry JP. Abbas needs not to wait. 17:34  |  Akram Zekaria 13/09/08
      152.   # 148 Gil, again, very, very easy....... 18:11  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/09/08
      153.   Kadima Is Doing The Hebrew Job In Ramallah Lowest places 18:40  |  Joseph.E 13/09/08
      154.   TEX(?) ISRAELI COMPRIMISE AND 2008 REALITY 18:43  |  DENNIS MIV 13/09/08
      155.   Abbas`s request. 18:58  |  David Nigel Braham 13/09/08
      156.   Michael from UK (#147) What is wrong 19:36  |  Gil 13/09/08
      157.   Michael from UK (#147) What is wrong 19:37  |  Gil 13/09/08
      158.   Michael from UK (#147) What is wrong 19:38  |  Gil 13/09/08
      159.   Michael # 147 Because They Are Hostile Aliens 19:59  |  Jeff Northridge 13/09/08
      160.   Swiss (Dino) 20:05  |  lady from USA 13/09/08
      161.   Fatah option is State Dept fiction that doesn`t exist in reality 20:15  |  G Marcus 13/09/08
      162.   Swiss (Dino) #150 Everything is easy isn`t it? 20:51  |  Gil 13/09/08
      163.   #147 Michael 21:32  |  leo 13/09/08
      164.   it needs to be zero refugee return or no deal 22:27  |  zionist forever 13/09/08
      165.   dennis should stick to playing tennis and learn the lessons of hi 22:35  |  v.hardman 13/09/08
      166.   Michael from UK (#147) What is wrong 23:00  |  Gil 13/09/08
      167.   #152 Dennis re Joan Peters and her book 23:12  |  Labhras 13/09/08
      168.   Dennis: My Map Shows Israel=Rhode Island 23:30  |  Tex 13/09/08
      169.   Demands will not get anywhere. 00:04  |  Jo 14/09/08
      170.   V.HARDMAN"LESSONS OF HISTORY" 00:16  |  DENNIS MIV 14/09/08
      171.   Israel can not have the burden of another Kadima again. 00:54  |  Akram Zekaria 14/09/08
      172.   RIGHT TO DESTROY ISRAEL 01:38  |  Waldir Nudelman 14/09/08
      173.   swiss 02:20  |  dino 14/09/08
      174.   #46 is swiss contradicting himself 02:26  |  duncan 14/09/08
      175.   If ABBASS is not a partner to the Israeli Government then WHO els 02:34  |  Abdoola 14/09/08
      176.   HE undewrstands it will destroy Israel but wants it anyway 02:38  |  PETER SM 14/09/08
      177.   Yet they want a Jews out of the Islamic Republic of Palestine !! 02:43  |  PETER SM 14/09/08
      178.   abdoola abbas supports child murder 02:57  |  duncan 14/09/08
      179.   Abbas is not in a position to make demands 02:59  |  Joe Frazier 14/09/08
      180.   ABDOOLA.The Arab hero Kuntar who Abbas chose to meet in Lebanon 03:41  |  PETER SM 14/09/08
      181.   Let the Palestinians return already! Its time! 04:25  |  Murray the Mongoose 14/09/08
      182.   Do not panic.....Abbas has back tracked 04:33  |  Lynn 14/09/08
      183.   What happened to the road map continuity. 06:24  |  Sarah 14/09/08
      184.   The more Abbas makes demands for Peace 06:29  |  Akram Zekaria 14/09/08
      185.   Peace Negotiations and the Right of Return 07:26  |  Reid 14/09/08
      186.   Saudi Initiative and the Right of Return 07:51  |  Reid 14/09/08
      187.   Clickfool and One State Solution Canard 08:01  |  Reid 14/09/08
      188.   #172/3 reid must first define the word refugee 09:21  |  v.hardman 14/09/08
      189.   Swiss (Dino) #150 Everything is Easy, isn`t it? 09:53  |  Gil 14/09/08
      190.   Don`t spoil it :The Finest Hour of Zionism in Babylon. 14:21  |  Akram Zekaria 14/09/08
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