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Olmert and Abbas meeting last month in Jerusalem. (Reuters) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 22:42 08/11/2007 PA eyes final accord within 6 months of summit By Avi Issacharoff (Paris) and Amos Harel Tags: Annapolis, peace talks  The Palestinian Authority wants the preface to the joint statement at Annapolis to say that a final-status arrangement will be completed within six months of the signing of agreements at the summit. This is based on a document recently written by the Palestinian support team for the negotiations with Israel. Palestinian sources relayed the main points of the paper to Haaretz. Rice has already informed PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that the U.S. rejects his demand for a schedule for the final-status agreement. Advertisement In their paper, the Palestinian team recommended that the preface indicate that both parties are to fulfill their mutual obligations in the first stage of the road map within six months. The recommendations were submitted to chief Palestine Liberation Organization negotiator Saeb Erekat. The proposal, if adopted, would require Israel to dismantle the illegal outposts and stop building in the settlements on the West Bank within six months after the summit. The PA claims it has fulfilled its obligations for the first stage: creating an independent government, rejecting terror and violence and acting to dismantle terror infrastructures, among other measures. The PA team even advised Erekat not to link the statement to implementing the first stage of the road map in order to head off an Israeli attempt to condition the implementation of the Annapolis document on implementing the first stage. The PA team wants implementation of the Annapolis statement to be discussed within the negotiations over the final agreement. Both sides have avoided issuing position papers or their opening positions in the team talks. The first sentence of the introduction to the joint statement, according to this latest Palestinian document, states that Israel and the PA have agreed on the presentation of a framework for peace that will outline the solutions for all of the core issues such as refugees, Jerusalem and borders. The Palestinian team even pointed out that the peace agreement between the parties will pave the way to normalization between Israel and Arab states. The Palestinian team works in close coordination with Erekat, who claimed Wednesday, in response to a query from Haaretz, that no such document exists. "We work as a single body," he said. "They don't give me recommendations to formulate. We work according to the instructions of President (Chairman) Abu Mazen." The intelligence division of the Israel Defense Forces General Staff Headquarters sought to emphasize that MI does not make predictions about the success of peace summits. He said this after a Haaretz report about Military Intelligence officers who put the chances for success at Annapolis at "close to nil." MI chief Amos Yadlin submitted to the political leadership an analysis of the Palestinians' "ranges of flexibility" in the negotiations, according to which the Palestinians did not plan to move from their positions. He added, however, that the final result of the summit also depends on the Israeli position, which was not part of the MI assessment. In recent days, the IDF has noticed a change for the better regarding Palestinian attitudes to the summit, in the form of a greater willingness for a more general discussion rather than insisting on deliberating on the core issues only. Such attitudes would help avoid a crisis that would end the summit. The army, however, does not rule out that the Palestinians will reject the summit if they sense it will fail. Related articles: Syrian envoy to U.S. dismisses Annapolis summit as 'waste' PA negotiator: No talks without timeline for Palestinian state Rice: Only focus on core issues can advance the peace process Rice consults Clinton, Carter in run-up to Annapolis summit Bookmark to del.icio.us Not quite Balfour Arab-Israeli Balad party to vote on whether to accept Israel as a Jewish state. Jews saving the world A documentary examines Judaism's connection to vegetarianism and activism.   1.   Agreement without a time schedule is meaningless 10:59  |  Michael 08/11/07   2.   `Burning Bush" & "Fried Rice" 11:05  |  Joseph E . 08/11/07   3.   If not now, WHEN? 11:25  |  English Resident 08/11/07   4.   ONE STATE OR TWO STATES THAT IS ANNAPOLIS 11:50  |  Phillies Wright 08/11/07   5.   US more than Israel is an abstacle to peace 11:55  |  El-Birawi 08/11/07   6.   But Phillies, they prefer Greater Israel 12:14  |  Scott Hunter 08/11/07   7.   Fulfilled obligations? 12:29  |  Michael 08/11/07   8.   Will the PA survive The Annapolis Summit? 12:31  |  Roger Bannister 08/11/07   9.   French Filly 12:31  |  Michael 08/11/07   10.   El Barawi`s world 12:36  |  Michael 08/11/07   11.   But Scott, then why not give rights to the Arab 12:42  |  Andrew Menis 08/11/07   12.   Michael @ UK 12:48  |  Joseph E . 08/11/07   13.   its already there it called jordan the arab state 12:54  |  victor hardman 08/11/07   14.   4Phillies Wright,a bi national state is the dream of many left 12:57  |  lakshmi 08/11/07   15.   to Phillies Wright 13:47  |  Hilda 08/11/07   16.   You forgot a certain percentage Scott 13:47  |  Michael 08/11/07   17.   USA Hate Posters Coming From A Very Small Source 14:09  |  Yosemite 08/11/07   18.   Final Accord not possible 14:14  |  Petra 08/11/07   19.   Abbas continues to position himself for defeat 14:23  |  Mark Lincoln 08/11/07   20.   "Bi-National" or Divided state 14:30  |  Eve L Dewer 08/11/07   21.   #14 - Lakshmi, on last time 14:34  |  JES 08/11/07   22.   to Hilda 14:41  |  bashar 08/11/07   23.   Roger is wrong 16:06  |  jackie 08/11/07   24.   To Bashar 16:12  |  Jackie 08/11/07   25.   Andrew Menis #11 16:57  |  Gee 08/11/07   26.   What a Joke. Cancel PA, two states, Israel and Jordan PAL 16:57  |  David 08/11/07   27.   Scott Hunter, 16:57  |  Lynn 08/11/07   28.   #1: but schedule can`t come before agreement 17:11  |  Paul Freedman 08/11/07   29.   Palestinians have met road map obligations?! 18:07  |  McQueen 08/11/07   30.   To David # 26 18:14  |  Syrian Citizen 08/11/07   31.   what do they offer in return? 18:46  |  jay 08/11/07   32.   Can someone at HAARETZ tell me why... 19:11  |  bat yam 08/11/07   33.   21JES,israel`s existence depends on 181&194;181 gave 56%land to 19:13  |  lakshmi 08/11/07   34.   A Solution when one State could be a Terrorist State.... 19:30  |  Dagma 08/11/07   35.   acting to dismantle terror infrastructures 19:48  |  vik 08/11/07   36.   No Point in Conference 20:07  |  MB 08/11/07   37.   To Jackie #24 20:46  |  Pete 08/11/07   38.   #32 Bat Yam: ...because the disengagement was not negotiated 21:11  |  Dov 08/11/07   39.   before all else, the PA must recognize Israel`s right to exist, 21:20  |  Niva Yairi 08/11/07   40.   Can promise half a year, with no guarantee 21:31  |  Tosefta 08/11/07   41.   Bat Yam #32 21:32  |  Polybios 08/11/07   42.   Annapolis will bring a new state 21:36  |  Gil 08/11/07   43.   Pete #36, re Jackie, re Bashar, etc... 21:54  |  Polybios 08/11/07   44.   Grab your kids and build your bomb shelters 23:07  |  Aaron 08/11/07   45.   "Normalization? Now there`s a thought... Ever read Leo the Lop? 04:42  |  Virginia 09/11/07   46.   What kind of intercession is that Aaron? Or don`t you even know 04:46  |  yourownname 09/11/07   47.   #33 - Wrong Lakshmi 06:43  |  JES 09/11/07   48.   To Polybios #43 20:39  |  Pete 09/11/07   49.   Saudi Arabia`s State Flag is Religious 17:34  |  Sarah 12/11/07   50.   Correctness of emphasizing a short and direct path to peace 09:45  |  Ivar 20/11/07

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