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Abbas says Israel has proposed Jerusalem concessions in the past
By DPA
Tags: Israel news, Yasser Arafat 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that during peace talks over the past year, Israel had proposed concessions to him regarding Jerusalem, but he rejected them because they were partial.

Abbas told tens of thousands of Palestinians who gathered at his Ramallah headquarters to mark four years since the death of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat that he wants a full peace deal and will accept no partial one.

"We rejected Israeli proposals that stipulated making concessions including on Jerusalem and the refugees," he said.
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"We either get all six points - Jerusalem, settlements, borders, refugees, water and security - or nothing at all," Abbas said.

The Palestinian leader added that he had made his position clear during a meeting Sunday with the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators - the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia - in Egypt.

Israel has consistently insisted in recent months that the sides had not yet touched on the issue of Jerusalem, although it had agreed "in principle" to include it in the negotiations. Outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert had promised ultra-Orthodox coalition partners in the past that negotiations on Jerusalem would be left for last.

Abbas has rejected his offer for a peace deal that would sideline the highly sensitive issue and leave it for later, arguing that partial peace agreements have thus far not yielded any progress toward statehood for the Palestinians.

Abbas strongly attacked the Islamic movement Hamas, at one point calling them "traitors."

Abbas also accused Hamas, the bitter rival of his and Arafat's more secular Fatah movement, of having undermined efforts to achieve "national reconciliation" by refusing to attend Egyptian-hosted talks which had been scheduled to start in Cairo on Monday, but were canceled when Hamas announced a last minute boycott of the talks.

He said he was ready to hold presidential and legislative elections immediately, calling on Hamas to accept this proposal.

Abbas charged Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, used force to prevent Gazans from marking the anniversary of Arafat's death.

Pro-Fatah Palestinian media also said Hamas forces, both in civilian clothes and military uniforms, had deployed across Gaza to prevent any gathering of Fatah supporters trying to commemorate Arafat's death. They said they also entered schools and "beat up" a number of pupils who wore Arafat's trademark kaffiyeh.

Tens of thousands of Fatah supporters flocked to the Ramallah compound, which contains Arafat's mausoleum and tomb, since the early hours of Tuesday, carrying yellow Fatah flags and portraits of their late leader.

Arafat died at a hospital in France in November 2004 at the age of 75 of a stroke triggered by a blood-clotting disorder brought on by food poisoning.

Although his French hospital record published by The New York Times said no traces of commonly used poisons were found in his system and his liver and kidneys were not damaged as is common after poisoning, Arafat's nephew insisted on Tuesday that Israel was behind the late Palestinian leader's death, and that the type of poison and method used by Israel would soon be revealed.

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      1.   These words are deterrent to a future peace 18:53  |  David Israel 11/11/08
      2.   FINALLY, Abbas has gotten reasonable.... 18:53  |  Yocov Shimpson 11/11/08
      3.   Whatr concessions ?????? 18:53  |  Dr Noam 11/11/08
      4.   the old saying holds true;all or nothing;how many times will it 18:54  |  glenna 11/11/08
      5.   Let`s hope 18:58  |  Pinchas 11/11/08
      6.   Man of peace 19:02  |  Dotan 11/11/08
      7.   Haaretz, I note fewer leftists supporting your line...lets repent 19:05  |  Terach 11/11/08
      8.   Jerusalem 19:12  |  Rabbi Ashkenazi 11/11/08
      9.   Abbas "we get all...or nothing at all" 19:16  |  Realist 11/11/08
      10.   Abbas "we either get all....or nothing" 19:18  |  Realist 11/11/08
      11.   abbas states what is bottem line of any palestinian gov 19:20  |  will say 11/11/08
      12.   Since when ? Any History professor? 19:27  |  Moshe Benzaquen 11/11/08
      13.   "Or nothing at all" give them what they ask! 19:35  |  Dean Blake 11/11/08
      14.   Desperation 19:59  |  Zach 11/11/08
      15.   The demands of justice 19:59  |  Raed Kami 11/11/08
      16.   The Whole Loaf 20:21  |  Sidney 11/11/08
      17.   Campaign Rhetoric 20:21  |  Mark of Lewiston 11/11/08
      18.   hello excuse me israel did not concede any anything to you 20:21  |  yahn goodey 11/11/08
      19.   All or Nothing equals Bi National State 20:27  |  Labhras 11/11/08
      20.   Debunking Abbas` demands 20:32  |  Zion 11/11/08
      21.   #15 Raed, you want Justice? 20:35  |  Ned 11/11/08
      22.   #10: It seems Abbas is better to Israel than its own "government" 20:37  |  Yaakov K. 11/11/08
      23.   Refugees.... 20:39  |  Esther 11/11/08
      24.   Campaign Rhetoric 20:44  |  Mark of Lewiston 11/11/08
      25.   As for East Jerusalem... 20:45  |  Esther 11/11/08
      26.   The Achille`s heel of the Pals is, alas, their disunity... 21:05  |  Esther 11/11/08
      27.   Mark of Lewiston is correct, "only" campaign rhetoric.... 21:23  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/11/08
      28.   Realist, if you were really realistic, you`d realize... 22:02  |  Esther 11/11/08
      29.   Raed Kami 22:16  |  Dr Noam 11/11/08
      30.   Esther? correct they need elections and soon 22:23  |  hamas lawmakers will 11/11/08
      31.   Jerusalem concessions 22:33  |  Ralph 11/11/08
      32.   Yesterday we got Livni,s spin.She presumed to speak also 22:45  |  Labhras 11/11/08
      33.   No David, that is what you are doing. 23:06  |  Ibrahim 11/11/08
      34.   Ralph #31,,, am sure that even you know... 23:23  |  Esther 11/11/08
      35.   Swiss (Dino) - Olmert is the Only One Retiring 23:39  |  Mark of Lewiston 11/11/08
      36.   Abbas, you always were specialists in rejection 00:31  |  Israeli citizen 12/11/08
      37.   # 35 Mark of Lewiston 00:39  |  Swiss (Dino) 12/11/08
      38.   Ibrahim i is not ewhat he will accept it is what he said 01:23  |  David Israel 12/11/08
      39.   Ibrahim and the eternal blame game 01:38  |  Daniel Leopold 12/11/08
      40.   You can`t blame him for trying 01:44  |  Mark Lincoln 12/11/08
      41.   Nothing at All ! 03:55  |  Henry 12/11/08
      42.   yes and abbas has proposed peace in the past and present;where is 04:44  |  glenna 12/11/08
      43.   Abbas a special message 05:14  |  Gee 12/11/08
      44.   Rights to Arabs on Jerusalem? 08:42  |  Mario Sala 12/11/08
      45.   Abbas first accept Israel`s security, the rest will be easy 08:46  |  x-ray 12/11/08
      46.   to everybody 09:25  |  Daniela 12/11/08
      47.   wrong 17:52  |  don muntean 12/11/08
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