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Livni: Israel will not remove outposts until PA fights terror

By Barak Ravid and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents

Israel will not remove illegal outposts in the West Bank as long as the Palestinians have yet to fulfill their security obligations as part of the road map, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday morning following her meeting with U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley.

Livni updated Hadley, who arrived in the region Thursday for a two-day visit, on the status of talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams. Both sides held another round of talks Wednesday evening.

"This is a complex process and we must handle it wisely in order for us to reach agreements after which the Palestinians will carry out their security responsibilities in the road map, and only then can Israel fulfill its part of the understandings," Livni said Thursday.

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In her statements, Livni alluded to the main bone of contention between the two sides, namely the Palestinian view that the PA has already met its requirements as part of the first phase of the road map, and that it is incumbent upon Israel to reciprocate by removing West Bank outposts and freezing settlement construction.

Livni added that the U.S., the international community, and the Arab states play a vital role in the peace process, and that all parties involved must contribute their share in ensuring the success of the Annapolis summit.

"The Annapolis conference will not yield a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians but it is a stepping stone in the process," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a gathering of Israel Bonds representatives in Jerusalem on Thursday.

Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will meet privately Friday in the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, to discuss progress in the talks between the Israeli and PA negotiating terms ahead of the Annapolis summit next month.

Livni establishes special team of experts to assist negotiations in Annapolis

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Thursday evening announced the establishment of a team of experts to serve as a go-between for negotiating teams from Israel and the Palestinian Authority at the Annapolis conference.

The team will be staffed by Israeli Middle East experts, legal advisors, IDF officers and personnel from the Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry

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1.	The Logics of Livni	16:26	\|	Anton	25/10/07

2.	Hadley is a neocon warmonger	16:28	\|	Steve	25/10/07

3.	give the PA...	16:33	\|	vik	25/10/07

4.	vik in New York (i.e. not here)	16:43	\|	Omar	25/10/07

5.	"The Palestinian view that PA has already met its requirements"	17:11	\|	Briton	25/10/07

6.	#4	17:45	\|	B	25/10/07

7.	Israel is not serious about peace, period.	17:58	\|	Omar	25/10/07

8.	Livni has twisted logic.	17:58	\|	Deborah	25/10/07

9.	B in New York	18:01	\|	Omar	25/10/07

10.	#6	18:07	\|	JohnJ	25/10/07

11.	PRAISE THE L-RD! OUTPOSTS WILL GROW INTO LARGE JEWISH CITIES!!!	18:17	\|	Moti Dror	25/10/07

12.	nothing more from us until pals fulfill already made agreements	18:20	\|	ralph	25/10/07

13.	to No.10	18:32	\|	abraibraok	25/10/07

14.	You first. No, you first. Nooo, YOU first...	18:44	\|	Kol ha-Nevi`im	25/10/07

15.	Translation	18:44	\|	Peter Dale	25/10/07

16.	Anton is a Moron and a Jew-Hater	18:46	\|	Howie	25/10/07

17.	Road Map terms; steps run in parallel	18:53	\|	A Bethlehemite	25/10/07

18.	And PA will not start fighting terror before outposts are removed	19:02	\|	Jozef	25/10/07

19.	Your life or your property	19:04	\|	Israeli	25/10/07

20.	THE PA CANT DO IT	19:07	\|	T.J.	25/10/07

21.	#1 Anton: Logics of Livni is CORRECT. Yours - isn`t	19:07	\|	Vittorio	25/10/07

22.	TO#17: I GUESS WE SHOULD GO TO WAR AND SEE WHO WINS.	19:48	\|	Jack	25/10/07

23.	hey omar	20:05	\|	vik	25/10/07

24.	#15 Peter Dale	20:15	\|	Heinz	25/10/07

25.	ehm excuse me????	20:21	\|	rose	25/10/07

26.	IF Israel is serious about peace ...	20:25	\|	Axel	25/10/07

27.	#16 Howie	20:28	\|	Antonio	25/10/07

28.	To Anton and Omar	20:35	\|	Michael	25/10/07

29.	To Jack: don`t believe NATO will be on your side	21:01	\|	John	25/10/07

30.	To Michael in NYC	21:40	\|	Omar	25/10/07

31.	Omar # 4	21:53	\|	ChanahS	25/10/07

32.	Livni, we are with you. You are right. The PA must fulfill	21:54	\|	Avi Yardeni	25/10/07

33.	Disappointed in Livni	22:18	\|	Esther	25/10/07

34.	What the hell can they talk about in Annapolis?	22:27	\|	Esther	25/10/07

35.	outposts	23:16	\|	Shmuelshachor	25/10/07

36.	Give Them Their STATE/END The Occupation & You END Terrorism!	23:47	\|	Proud Pal Defender	25/10/07

37.	Omar, "Palestinians must kiss our asses, ..."	23:48	\|	akiva (zionist)	25/10/07

38.	Israel is a Apartheid State	00:50	\|	Darius	26/10/07

39.	To: Proud Pal Defender #27	01:31	\|	Michael	26/10/07

40.	PPD #27	01:54	\|	jjvanka	26/10/07

41.	At least Livni and Condi are equipped	03:20	\|	Mark Lincoln	26/10/07

42.	At least Livni and Condi are equipped	03:20	\|	Mark Lincoln	26/10/07

43.	#38 DARIUS sounds like the plo charter!!!	13:41	\|	Petra	26/10/07

44.	Michael #39	13:57	\|	jjvanka	26/10/07

45.	the problem	20:35	\|	democrat	27/10/07

46.	Do You See Where This Argument Is Going?	11:18	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	29/10/07

47.	To JJVanka #44	18:03	\|	Michael	31/10/07

48.	To JJVanka #40	18:17	\|	Michael	31/10/07

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