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PA negotiator praises Livni for not acceding to Shas coalition demands
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Tzipi Livni, Israel News 

Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia on Monday praised Kadima Chairman Tzipi Livni for not acceding to Shas' demand that the topic of Jerusalem not be included in the agenda of the coalition agenda.

The ultra-Orthodox party said last week that the Kadima leader's insistence on negotiating over Jerusalem was one of its main reasons for refusing to join a Livni-led coalition,

Qureia told told a group of former Israeli security officials at a conference in Ramat Gan that he appreciated Livni's decision to stand her ground on the matter, and respected the fact that she chose to forego a coalition rather than giving up talks on Jerusalem.
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The Palestinian negotiator reiterated that Jerusalem was the key to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

He said, however, that it seemed impossible for Israel and the Palestinians to reach such an agreement this year.

"I don't think that we will be able to reach an agreement this year," he said.

Washington launched the latest peace drive at a conference in Annapolis, Maryland, last year with the hope of shepherding Israel and the Palestinians towards a peace deal before President George W. Bush leaves office in January.

But Israel's failure to halt settlement in the West Bank, divisions among Palestinians and political instability in Israel have made the prospects of meeting Washington's deadline for a deal ever more elusive.

"The process is difficult and the political situation on both sides is difficult," said Qureia, a former prime minister, referring to strife between the Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas and to a snap parliamentary election in Israel.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters on Monday Bush remained committed to the process started at Annapolis.

"I think that what the president wants to do is continue to try to work with them. No doubt we have an uphill climb, but they have always had an uphill climb in the Middle East," Perino said.

On the Palestinian side, President Mahmoud Abbas's peace efforts have been made more difficult by Hamas' control of the Gaza Strip which it seized from forces loyal to his Fatah movement a year ago.

Egypt will try to heal the rift between the rival factions at a summit in Cairo on November 5. Hamas is opposed to Abbas' peace talks with Israel but in June the Islamist group agreed to truce with Israel.
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