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Last update - 11:45 17/09/2007 PA Chairman Abbas threatens to boycott November peace summit By Avi Isacharoff, Aluf Benn and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies Tags: leaders, boycott  Palestinian authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will not attend Washington's regional peace summit in November unless Israel agrees to a reach an agreement with the Palestinians there, Abbas' associates told Haaretz Sunday, adding the summit could "prove dangerous". With U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expected to arrive in Jerusalem Monday, the Saudis also submitted some preconditions for their attendance. The Palestinian sources were reacting to Olmert's statement that afternoon that Israel and the Palestinians will not present an Agreement of Principles on final status issues at the summit, but issue a joint declaration instead. "We are formulating a joint declaration to headline the regional meeting, should it take place," Olmert told ministers from his party, Kadima, in Jerusalem. "If Olmert says there'll just be a declaration, it's not worth going to this meeting in Washington," said Nimr Hamad, an adviser to Abbas. In an unusual move, the chairman's office issued a press release reacting to Olmert's statement. Advertisement In the statement, Abbas' office did not refer to the possibility that Abbas would not attend. The statement did read, however, that the Palestinian Authority was seeking a structural agreement, and that a declaration of intentions would not suffice. Call for timetable The statement called for a timetable and mechanisms responsible for the implementation of stages of the permanent agreement, including collateral for implementation. The statement also said that all issues of the permanent agreement - including jurisdiction on holy places, permanent borders and the question of Palestinian refugees - must be addressed in the agreement. "We can live without the summit, but if does take place and fail by producing nothing more than a joint statement, then it could prove to be a danger for the whole region," one of Abbas' senior advisers told Haaretz. "We must not attend such a summit. We're not demanding the resolution of the entire problem by then, but we are demanding a significant breakthrough from the meeting." In his daily briefing for reporters in Jeddah, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud al-Faisal echoed the Palestinian demands. "If this conference will not discuss serious topics aimed to resolve the conflict, put Arab initiative as a key objective, set an agenda that details issues as required and oblige Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories, this conference will not have any objective and will turn into protracted negotiations." Western diplomats who recently visited Saudi Arabia told Haaretz that in their conversations with Saudi officials, they received the impressions that Saudi Arabia will not attend the summit. The sources say the Saudis regard a declaration of intentions as insufficient justification for their attendance. Commenting on the internal dispute within the Palestinian Authority between Fatah and its rival organization Hamas, al-Faisal said the Kingdom remains committed to the Mecca Agreement between the parties. "The terms of the Mecca initiative are clear and agreed upon by the Palestinian parties," he said. "If there is a desire for reconciliation, they have to refer to the terms of Mecca Agreement and implement them. The Kingdom will not provide any alternative initiative to Mecca Agreement. The Kingdom also hopes for a resolution to the crisis in Lebanon and is cautiously optimistic about developments, al-Faisal said. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Photoshopped launch Did Iran doctor an image of its provocative missile test launch? 'Hitler was a good boss' Nazi bodyguard describes the fuhrer's last moments in a Berlin bunker.   1.   Olmert`s call 05:25  |  Pierre 17/09/07   2.   Impasse due to extremists on both sides... whatelse is new? 05:35  |  Smadar 17/09/07   3.   Days of Awe 05:42  |  Shmuel Goldstein 17/09/07   4.   how much proof do moron leftists need to prove appeasement failed 05:44  |  Pavel 17/09/07   5.   snatch Abbas from his cozy office and.. 05:53  |  vik 17/09/07   6.   It is the final status.Jordan Palestinians State 06:13  |  e.m 17/09/07   7.   Separate Arab political entity west of the Jordan is impossible: 06:16  |  Uzi 17/09/07   8.   Now is the time to abolish the PA and end the occupation: 06:24  |  Uzi 17/09/07   9.   Forget the Peace, forget the traitor, and forget the occupying re 06:28  |  Enough 17/09/07   10.   Any future accomodation between the sides must include: 06:40  |  Dudu Tavor 17/09/07   11.   Israel needs to make a reality check on its peace IQ 07:14  |  Ivar 17/09/07   12.   israel is not serious about reaching peace... 07:17  |  bashar 17/09/07   13.   Abbas behaving like a HYSTERICAL schoolgirl 07:27  |  Dr. Dave 17/09/07   14.   Halal Pigs Fly ! 07:43  |  Akram Zekaria 17/09/07   15.   Abbas got everything he wanted except Right of Return 07:45  |  Ken Jurist 17/09/07   16.   Israel must give "peace for peace", and give "war for war". 08:01  |  GI Joe 17/09/07   17.   more of the same 90 years on !! 08:18  |  victor hardman 17/09/07   18.   The way to hell is paved with `good` intentions. 08:23  |  Maureen Ann 17/09/07   19.   Abbas`s warning 08:28  |  Daniel 17/09/07   20.   Summit without A Peak 08:34  |  Markus 17/09/07   21.   ARROGANCE FROM ARABS. 08:37  |  Dagma 17/09/07   22.   If America calls Olmert and Abbas will go 08:39  |  Zev 17/09/07   23.   Now is the time to abolish the PA and end the occupation: 08:40  |  Uzi 17/09/07   24.   6# em right Jordan is Palestine. Here some of the facts. 08:41  |  Akram Zekaria 17/09/07   25.   Good, both sides are climbing down the tall trees 08:42  |  Judith, Haifa 17/09/07   26.   West Bank Expansion Shows Israels True Intentions 08:42  |  Natallie Durson 17/09/07   27.   broken record 08:44  |  pause 17/09/07   28.   Abbas rejects peace 08:48  |  Slibovitz 17/09/07   29.   With friends like Dr. Dave, USA does not need enemies 08:56  |  Ivar 17/09/07   30.   Israel need not be serious about the sham `peace` with the Arabs: 08:56  |  Uzi 17/09/07   31.   shame on you Abbas 09:01  |  Arafat`s Loyalists 17/09/07   32.   first signs of intelligence 09:04  |  Michael 17/09/07   33.   GI, Israel must give back what it has stolen for peace 09:06  |  Ivar 17/09/07   34.   ABBAS= BABY WHO NEEDS HIS MILK 09:26  |  12 YEAR OLD 17/09/07   35.   WHAT A GENIUS OLDMAN 09:30  |  indrajaya 17/09/07   36.   WHAT A GENIUS OLDMAN 09:30  |  indrajaya 17/09/07   37.   Smadar...Israel cant afford any more "painful concessions" 09:36  |  Stayin Alive 17/09/07   38.   Abbas has a point 09:45  |  Outsider 17/09/07   39.   I told this before... 10:13  |  Dutch Dirk 17/09/07   40.   Abbas 10:20  |  Mazen 17/09/07   41.   Wise decision from Abbas, no more photo ops 10:29  |  Petteri 17/09/07   42.   GOOD FOR ABBAS! Obviously ISRAEL Is THE Obstacle To Peace. 10:44  |  Proud Pal Defender 17/09/07   43.   Abbas is absolutely right on this at least 10:50  |  Michael 17/09/07   44.   Israel`s tedious game 10:55  |  Andrew Watson 17/09/07   45.   #16 Israel has made it clear what it feels it must retain, so 10:55  |  Pavel 17/09/07   46.   regional conference 11:00  |  Israel Letzter 17/09/07   47.   Abbas threatens 11:04  |  Israel Letzter 17/09/07   48.   Jewish towns in the territories for Arab towns in Israel 11:16  |  Anton 17/09/07   49.   # 45 Israel`s decision ? 11:18  |  Andrew Watson 17/09/07   50.   Abbas Finally Gets it... JIHAD IS THE WAY! 11:19  |  Fcuk Occupation 17/09/07   51.   Any Deal Must Include These Clauses.... 11:35  |  Hani 17/09/07   52.   Summit Crap 11:35  |  Brod 17/09/07   53.   It would be nice to hear once, just once from any Arab leader, be 12:03  |  Nadav 17/09/07   54.   Israeli settler in Canada ,Smadar, has an agenda 12:12  |  Absolute Sweden 17/09/07   55.   In addition to Hani`s clauses I would add that a just & fair 12:21  |  lakshmi 17/09/07   56.   Essentially correct Smadar 12:24  |  Mark Lincoln 17/09/07   57.   To #44..Andrew Watson modern day Neo-Nazi 12:41  |  SLAVO 17/09/07   58.   UNDER PRESSURE, will arrogance prevail again? 13:07  |  VIPER 17/09/07   59.   LAKSHMI AND "DEALS" 13:18  |  Brant 17/09/07   60.   the stooge awakes... 13:51  |  ravi 17/09/07   61.   66ravi,well said,the day of reckoning is coming for those slimy 14:05  |  lakshmi 17/09/07   62.   Shiites, Sunnis and Persians are destabalizing the ME 14:15  |  Avi 17/09/07   63.   Fcuk Occupation? Don`t Start Wars 14:16  |  GZLives 17/09/07   64.   Arabic must be a very limited language 14:16  |  Nechama 17/09/07   65.   Israel should not negotiate 14:17  |  Nechama 17/09/07   66.   Lincoln lies by omission 14:22  |  GZLives 17/09/07   67.   Abbas 14:29  |  Gene 17/09/07   68.   Israel uses the Orthodox divorce routine 14:29  |  Tim 17/09/07   69.   DOES ABBAS WANT ANOTHER `ROAD MAP`? 14:37  |  Ian 17/09/07   70.   Anyone saying JIHAD is the way is clearly 14:43  |  Avi 17/09/07   71.   #9 Read passage in your Koran: 9:11 14:54  |  John Allen 17/09/07   72.   #58 Viper from Australia 15:12  |  John Allen 17/09/07   73.   `Land for Peace`UN Resoutions 242 and 338... 15:15  |  Dagma 17/09/07   74.   #60 Ravi 15:16  |  John Allen 17/09/07   75.   Peace is coming, but 15:21  |  spyguy 17/09/07   76.   Nadav #53 15:23  |  iletzter 17/09/07   77.   hani 15:25  |  iletzter 17/09/07   78.   `No-pne talks to Terrorists`....... 15:29  |  Natasha 17/09/07   79.   73,wrong 15:32  |  Ian 17/09/07   80.   UNDER PRESSURE, will arrogance prevail again? 15:34  |  iletzter 17/09/07   81.   you cant rush peace 15:35  |  zionist forever 17/09/07   82.   To PROUD PAL SUPPORTER, HITLER, NASSER, etc 15:39  |  mike 17/09/07   83.   Pathetic Olmert loses again 15:51  |  Tosefta 17/09/07   84.   To Natallie Durson # 26 Phoney Peace Conferences 16:01  |  Dolly 17/09/07   85.   Zionism is racism 16:10  |  JH 17/09/07   86.   Nadav why declarations dont matter 16:36  |  Danite 17/09/07   87.   74...john 16:46  |  ravi 17/09/07   88.   Nadav # 53 16:50  |  Abu Hisham 17/09/07   89.   Abu Hisham 17:01  |  Danite 17/09/07   90.   lakshmi 17:03  |  Danite 17/09/07   91.   Mission Accomplished 17:05  |  Mark Lincoln 17/09/07   92.   Abbas Threatens to Boycott Meeting 17:06  |  JordanisPlaetine 17/09/07   93.   See you at the Ballot Box JH 17:11  |  DH 17/09/07   94.   Boycotting a worthless venue 17:17  |  Chaim Gorenstein 17/09/07   95.   Demands, Ultimatums, And Preconditions 17:19  |  Jeff Northridge 17/09/07   96.   iletzter, my point is that they can not even bring themselves to 17:22  |  Nadav 17/09/07   97.   Michael of UK ignores Arabs` aggression 17:23  |  Izik 17/09/07   98.   58: Viper`s arrogance is certainly trying 17:26  |  David Teich 17/09/07   99.   A Question for Tosefta #83 who sees Olmert as pathetic 17:28  |  DH 17/09/07   100.   JH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 17:31  |  Brant 17/09/07   101.   Palestinain weakness; Saudi arrogance 17:31  |  Izik 17/09/07   102.   Tosefta and Danite - good posts & am supportive 17:32  |  Smadar 17/09/07   103.   Abbas as a leader has lacked stability.. 17:39  |  Avi 17/09/07   104.   Abbass have seen the light 17:46  |  Osman 17/09/07   105.   spyguy `s peace (or pieces) 17:52  |  Avi 17/09/07   106.   Israel must give "peace for peace", and give "war for war". 18:06  |  Canuck 17/09/07   107.   To iletzter # 80 - Time for `foolish Israelis`.... 18:10  |  Pathfinder 17/09/07   108.   PA is proving it can not be trusted for the umpteenth time 18:17  |  Chick 17/09/07   109.   # 26 Well, Fatmah, the evacuation must take place.... 18:18  |  Misha 17/09/07   110.   boycott 18:18  |  colin 17/09/07   111.   It`s shaping up to be the fiasco it always was 18:19  |  Clickfool 17/09/07   112.   44Andrew Watson,don`t know if you saw the recent interview given 18:23  |  lakshmi 17/09/07   113.   Advice to Abbas 18:31  |  Tosefta 17/09/07   114.   To Victor hardman # 17 - No Truer Words.. 18:32  |  Dagma 17/09/07   115.   JH # 85 Zionism, Etc. (part 1) 18:35  |  Jeff Northridge 17/09/07   116.   #85 - JH 18:46  |  MichaelF 17/09/07   117.   Big Deal! 18:48  |  MichaelF 17/09/07   118.   I agree with Abbas: better no summit than an empty shell 18:58  |  Rafa 17/09/07   119.   No simple solution 19:04  |  Dave 17/09/07   120.   JH # 85 Zionism, Etc. (part 2) 19:14  |  Jeff Northridge 17/09/07   121.   @88, abu hisham. we exist and we are the first world 19:24  |  vladimir 17/09/07   122.   DAVE 103 19:37  |  Brant 17/09/07   123.   #99, #100 19:38  |  JH 17/09/07   124.   #39, #100 19:47  |  JH 17/09/07   125.   JH 123:MY REPLY 20:01  |  Brant 17/09/07   126.   Olmert`s failing (DH #99) 20:11  |  Tosefta 17/09/07   127.   JH is an ignoramus #85; Jeff Northridge is right 20:12  |  Polybios 17/09/07   128.   Time for Bush to pressure Olmert 20:13  |  Tosefta 17/09/07   129.   Canuck # 89 What`s Illegal About It? 20:20  |  Jeff Northridge 17/09/07   130.   Tosefta - time for Bush to pressure Abbas! 20:44  |  Polybios 17/09/07   131.   #127 Bush should pressure Olmert? 20:50  |  Noam Leviton 17/09/07   132.   Security Should Be In The Hands Of The Royal Jordanian Army 20:54  |  Yosemite 17/09/07   133.   Rafa # 118 In That Case,... 21:06  |  Jeff Northridge 17/09/07   134.   Abbas 21:06  |  Dwido 17/09/07   135.   Reading comprehension test (Jeff Northridge #129 re Canuk) 21:19  |  Tosefta 17/09/07   136.   #99, #100 #129 Israel is a terrorist state 21:22  |  JH 17/09/07   137.   Polybios 21:28  |  JH 17/09/07   138.   How can a famous historian understand so little? (Polybius #130) 21:34  |  Tosefta 17/09/07   139.   #129 21:36  |  JH 17/09/07   140.   Mr Abbas.You must refuse to go to the conference IF... 21:39  |  Abdullah 17/09/07   141.   Re:Akram Zekaria.I have no doubt a day Jordan will be Palestin 21:42  |  e.m 17/09/07   142.   Fairytales of the Apologists (Noam Leviton #127) 21:44  |  Tosefta 17/09/07   143.   #123/24.JH. you certainly right in your sincere assessment. 21:45  |  Becky 17/09/07   144.   JH and ethnic cleansing 22:03  |  Polybios 17/09/07   145.   Re:Natallie Durson#26.You has got it.Not wasting their time 22:06  |  e.m 17/09/07   146.   Tosefta - you have a problem. 22:15  |  Polybios 17/09/07   147.   Tosfeta - the only pressure from Bush 22:36  |  Mark Lincoln 17/09/07   148.   Just Goes to Prove That.... 22:47  |  Abe 17/09/07   149.   Abbas please boycott. its a con job 22:56  |  sami 17/09/07   150.   Hamas (Polybius #146) 23:14  |  Tosefta 17/09/07   151.   JH: GET IT STRAIGHT 23:37  |  Brant 17/09/07   152.   Hani 23:50  |  George Kaplan 17/09/07   153.   For Ken Jurist #15 et al 00:02  |  Esther 18/09/07   154.   JH # 139 "Irregardless" Is Not A Word 00:17  |  Jeff Northridge 18/09/07   155.   JH: NOT SO FAST!!!! 00:22  |  Brant 18/09/07   156.   #72 John Allen, the `sophisticated` man from Kansas. 00:41  |  Maureen Ann 18/09/07   157.   JH # 139 Occupation 00:46  |  Jeff Northridge 18/09/07   158.   #144Polybois.You need to brush up in your research. 00:51  |  Hosseini 18/09/07   159.   DH rejoinder to Tosefta`s response #126 01:07  |  DH 18/09/07   160.   JH # 139 There Is No Such Thing As RoR 01:20  |  Jeff Northridge 18/09/07   161.   Another great Slapstick show is brewing (Jeff Northridge#129-153) 01:28  |  Tosefta 18/09/07   162.   Hosseini # 154 Ethnic Cleansing 02:21  |  Jeff Northridge 18/09/07   163.   JH a word of advice,don` get caught in the slime that posters 02:59  |  lakshmi 18/09/07   164.   Abbas and Hamas should unite and say: UN Resolutions NOW 03:00  |  nobodysacred 18/09/07   165.   Toseftas and Jeff - sanity vs idiocy 04:04  |  Mark Lincoln 18/09/07   166.   Far from the matter at hand 04:07  |  Mark Lincoln 18/09/07   167.   Avi, given Israel`s intransigence 08:55  |  spyguy 18/09/07   168.   Well Gotta Smooth Things For Condi 09:52  |  Yosemite 18/09/07   169.   LINCOLN: Responsibility and Irresponsibility 13:38  |  Brant 18/09/07   170.   #169 Brant - well, there goes your credibility! 07:16  |  Johnboy 19/09/07   171.   170: JB talking about credibility? ROTFL! 17:42  |  David Teich 19/09/07   172.   #9 18:22  |  Zahara 19/09/07   173.   lakshmi #55 15:48  |  iKeltin 15/10/07   174.   Tosefta #142 20:40  |  Noam Leviton 12/07/08

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