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Blair believes peace possible in a year Jun 19 09 Abbas meets Mitchell in Ramallah Jun 11 09 Abu Marzouq calls on Obama to hold direct talks with Hamas Jun 09 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryDr. Barghouthi: “Rice visit only for media consumption” Monday May 05, 2008 06:35 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies
 Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, said on Sunday that the visit of US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, to the region is only for media consumption. Dr. Barghouthi stated that this visit and other visits will not lead to a real progress unless the United States practices real pressure on Israel to stop its violations especially the ongoing settlement construction and expansion in the occupied territories. He added that “Israel welcomes Rice by announcing plans to construct more settlement homes in the West Bank”, and said that the United States, if it is a fair mediator and willing to achieve progress, should practice pressure on Israel to stop its ongoing settlement activities. Dr. Barghouthi called on the Palestinian leadership to stop its negotiations with Israel as long as the Israel government continues its violations on the ground. He said that these negotiations are giving Israel a chance to go ahead with its assaults against the Palestinian people, and its illegal settlement activities. Dr. Barghouthi demanded the Palestinian leadership to take a clear stance and condition the resumption of peace talks with a full Israeli freeze on settlement construction and expansion, and a halt to all invasions and assaults. |
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