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Last update - 23:30 08/04/2008 Beilin: Follow-up summit to Annapolis set for May By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Palestinians, peace talks  The U.S. is planning to convene a follow-up summit to the Annapolis peace conference in May at Sharm al-Sheikh in Sinai, Meretz MK Yossi Beilin told the media Tuesday. Speaking at the Geneva convention headquarters on the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, Beilin said that the American government hopes the summit will bring Israel and the Palestinian Authority closer to reaching a permanent agreement on the core issues. According to Beilin, U.S. President Bush Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Jordan King Abdullah will all be present at the summit. Advertisement Beilin warned that if Israel does not prepare fot the summit, no progress will be made and it will fail and cause serious damage. "If peace deal is to be signed this year, a dramatic change must be made in the way the peace talks are handled. They way things are going now; there will never be an agreement by the end of 2008," Beilin said, adding that "the excitement from this summit is dangerous, unless there is a true intent to reach agreements on the core issues." "The window of opportunity will close at the end of 2008, and unless we make progress, we won't be able to do a thing come 2009. Shaul Arieli, a former senior negotiator, added that an agreement cannot be reached if Hamas is left out of the game because then they would sabotage the agreement. Arieli slammed the work of the Israeli negotiators, saying that there is no body that is preparing the negotiations and there is no real discussion on the core issues. Related articles: Israel, PA renew core issue talks Olmert: Core issues are on the Annapolis agenda Abbas aide: Israel won't discuss core issues preventing PA state Bookmark to del.icio.us   Falk's folly Israel will refuse entry to the UN's Richard Falk for equating Israel to Nazi Germany. Peace when? After 30 years, the public has adopted Peace Now's views, but peace is still elusive.   1.   Peace in the Middle-East. 14:43  |  Jean Van Daem 08/04/08   2.   Bush is not our friend! 14:56  |  Wise Saba 08/04/08   3.   Who is beilin? 15:27  |  yechiel 08/04/08   4.   Bush will gave this show to help with the image in rest of ME 15:47  |  r 08/04/08   5.   IS BEILIN STILL AROUND....? 17:04  |  ALP 08/04/08   6.   Another waste 17:32  |  El-Birawi 08/04/08   7.   Beilin seems to be out of touch! This circus is meant to head off 17:52  |  lakshmi 08/04/08   8.   Mr Meretz MK Yossi Beilin..had you trayed to learn to cook 19:04  |  The Dumbite Kid 08/04/08   9.   Exactly why the US and Israel refuse 19:08  |  Mark Lincoln 08/04/08   10.   Five years of Peace FIRST 23:21  |  Scharker Yid 08/04/08

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