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Palestinian PM Salam Fayad. (Reuters) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 17:29 01/11/2007 Palestinian PM says will work with Barak to revive road map By Barak Ravid, Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies tags: Annapolis summit, Israel  Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad confirmed Thursday that he will be working with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and United States Mideast security coordinator Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton to carry out the first phase of the dormant road map plan for peace. The U.S.-backed road map plan was launched in 2003 and envisioned the establishment of a Palestinian state by 2005. It consists of three phases, which entail obligations that each side must meet. In the first phase, Palestinians were to declare an end to all violence and take action against militants, in return for which Israel would freeze settlement expansion, dismantle dozens of illegal settlement outposts and lift roadblocks to facilitate Palestinians' travel to administrative centers. Advertisement The Palestinians have argued that they have made significant progress in recent weeks by disarming dozens of militants, either voluntarily or by force, but say Israel has done little so far. Fayad said Thursday that the three have not started working yet, but said implementing the first phase of the road map will be key to the success of the U.S.-hosted Mideast conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in November or December. "If we want the Annapolis conference to be a successful one, and if we want the peace process to get back on track, we have to implement the first phase of the road map, and it is possible to implement it," he said. The IDF has been preparing a list of Israel's essential security needs in advance of the conference as it did last time significant talks were held on the final status agreement. However, ahead of Annapolis the IDF will only list Israel's concerns, without dealing with the specific details of borders and territories, as was done in the past. Livni: Timetable in peace talks could lead to violence Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni denied Thursday that Israel wants to drag out negotiations on Palestinian statehood, saying it rejects a Palestinian demand for a timetable which if not met could lead to new violence. "Israel is not interested in buying time. That is not the case at all," she told a news conference in Tel Aviv with visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. She said past experience had taught that time tables proved impossible to fulfil, and this she said, could "afterward create violence and terrorism." She added that she believed the Palestinians preparing for an upcoming international meeting at Annapolis, Maryland later this month, "understand this as well." Steinmeier said that " we are not in a decisive phase,' and he saw "great readiness" among the sides to seize "this window, this opportunity." "I hope it will succeed," he said. He said a German-initiated "European Action Plan" to support the Palestinian economy, education and security services sought to avoid wasting time and plan the allocation of donor funds in a timely and systematic manner, before the Annapolis meeting and a donors' conference scheduled for December. Livni is scheduled to meet Thursday evening for the second time in as many days with the head of the Palestinian negotiating team, Ahmed Qureia. Livni and Qureia met met privately in Jerusalem on Wednesday as part of ongoing bilateral talks in preparation for the upcoming U.S.-sponsored regional peace summit. No further details were given about the meeting. Related aricles: Abbas: Mideast summit will fail if no prior agreement is reached PM: Israel, PA to expand talks on statehood as soon as possible Peres' aides confirm plan for PA state on land equal to 100% of West Bank Bookmark to del.icio.us Walled out UN: West Bank fence severs Palestinan farmers from fields. Battle royal E-mail snub to Israel by Prince Charles' aides sparks furor.   1.   Will security protect the peace? 04:29  |  Dan Chazan 01/11/07   2.   And how about the security in Hebron...? 07:39  |  Dutch Dirk 01/11/07   3.   IDF involved in Oslo? 08:08  |  dave 01/11/07   4.   Stupid People 08:10  |  Paulo 01/11/07   5.   To Mr.Chazan,re #1 08:20  |  Hastaroth 01/11/07   6.   Continued occupation 08:58  |  Neil 01/11/07   7.   peace is too important 09:31  |  rose 01/11/07   8.   Neil 09:37  |  heard it all before 01/11/07   9.   haretez best then arutseva 10:57  |  semon 01/11/07   10.   Paulo @ 4 11:11  |  David 01/11/07   11.   if security is paramount dont waste time in annapolis 11:40  |  victor hardman 01/11/07   12.   You may call us "stupid", Paulo, but I would not expect to hear 11:45  |  Shaul 01/11/07   13.   #4 paulo and the mystery of aland that does not belong to the jew 12:15  |  victor hardman 01/11/07   14.   Pablo tiene razon 12:17  |  JJ 01/11/07   15.   for decades Israeli have 12:57  |  Kris 01/11/07   16.   #14jj is correct how many children has the usa army killed in th 13:24  |  victor hardman 01/11/07   17.   para 4 - gente estupida 13:48  |  mb 01/11/07   18.   #15 for decades the Israelis have lived with Pal terror 13:51  |  Petra 01/11/07   19.   insanity 13:55  |  ADAM THE JEW 01/11/07   20.   to 13 I suppose paulo is not christian, but a fascist jihadist 13:55  |  mb 01/11/07   21.   More Security??? 13:57  |  ralphsrant1 01/11/07   22.   14, pablo no tiene razon 14:04  |  mb 01/11/07   23.   must see video -http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3466387 14:13  |  mb 01/11/07   24.   Let me take a wild guess at this...... 14:15  |  Johnboy 01/11/07   25.   An important issue 14:41  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/07   26.   hey Dutch ! 14:45  |  Gabriel 01/11/07   27.   to 20 - Once paulo told me that jews were not welcome in europe! 14:50  |  mb 01/11/07   28.   To Dan Chazan - Palestinians PROPOSED STATE 15:23  |  Dagma 01/11/07   29.   Security comes from peace 15:52  |  Jan Elshout 01/11/07   30.   THE BEST PEACE IS MOVING TRAPPED GAZANS TO CANADA.GIVE`M A CHANCE 16:22  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 01/11/07   31.   A vital compenent of `Israel Defensible Borders` 16:36  |  Joseph E . 01/11/07   32.   zionists & Paulo,zionists no need to jump up & down,Paulo was 16:41  |  lakshmi 01/11/07   33.   "Voice of Moshiach" ( what a joke) 17:00  |  Danite 01/11/07   34.   to 32 The 1949 line? egypt,syria,jordan and others attacked ... 17:09  |  mb 01/11/07   35.   Paolo # 4 It may be that Israelis are..... 17:09  |  Dolly 01/11/07   36.   Paulo is just an arab student.... 18:35  |  abraibraok 01/11/07   37.   To Hastaroth, will reconciliation preceed peace 18:45  |  Dan Chazan 01/11/07   38.   #4 19:01  |  Pedro 01/11/07   39.   You mean Barak is interested? 19:28  |  Shimon 01/11/07   40.   "work with Ehud?? You are dreaming man. 19:44  |  Ha ha ha ha ha ha 01/11/07   41.   Barak: No outposts to be evacuated before end of 2007 20:01  |  Dennis 01/11/07   42.   Shimon 20:02  |  Dennis 01/11/07   43.   Under the illusion that Israel will play fair 20:21  |  Roger Bannister 01/11/07   44.   To Dagma. Is Arab hatred of Israel Justified? 20:29  |  Dan Chazan 01/11/07   45.   jj in the usa 21:29  |  maria 01/11/07   46.   it`s their ancestors` fault. 21:52  |  maria 01/11/07   47.   To Dan Chazan # 44 - An Impossibility.... 22:22  |  Dagma 01/11/07   48.   Maybe Barak needs years.... 22:44  |  Esther 01/11/07   49.   To lakshmi # 32 Israel entitled only to 1949 lines...!!! 22:50  |  Dolly 01/11/07   50.   Great post Roger, the best I read so far. 22:55  |  Daniel 01/11/07   51.   A roadblock called Roadmap 22:58  |  Tosefta 01/11/07   52.   Another miracle in the Holy Land? 23:02  |  Veritas 01/11/07   53.   #6 23:12  |  B 01/11/07   54.   #15 Kris - Austria "Heil" 01:06  |  * BEN JABO 02/11/07   55.   Well, SOMETHING sure has happened in the background 01:12  |  Johnboy 02/11/07   56.   #25 Linthwiate - Important REVELATIONS FOR YOU 01:16  |  I* BEN JABO 02/11/07   57.   #32 lakshmi 01:19  |  * BEN JABO 02/11/07   58.   To Paulo 02:08  |  Peter 02/11/07   59.   IDFs idiotic Leb War, proves IDF doesn`t know security needs 07:52  |  Yossi Cronenberg 02/11/07   60.   What will happen tomorrow if the Peace Talks are stuck? 08:21  |  Dagma 02/11/07   61.   To VERITAS # 52 - ARAB INTRAN SIGEANCE 08:32  |  Dolly 02/11/07   62.   To Peter # 58 - Nice of you but you forget to whom youspeak 08:47  |  Dagma 02/11/07   63.   Livni`s objection to timetable is a red herring 09:02  |  Ivar 18/11/07

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