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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Clinton expresses frustration at the stalled peace talks (Jerusalem Post)

WASHINGTON — Without suggesting a new path towards peace Mideast, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expresses frustration with the deadlock Israel-Palestine while insisting that the administration of the Obama will be Friday "step lose hope."

She told the United States will be keep pressing a solution, and it is called on Israelis and Palestinians to put aside their differences.

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"It's no secret that the parties have a long way to go, and they have not yet done the hard decisions requiring the peace", she said in a speech to dinner at the Saban Forum a Mideast policy seminar sponsored by the Brookings Institution reflection group. "And as many of you, I am sorry that we have obtained further step faster."

She spoke a few days after the Government abandoned persuade to Israel to impose a temporary freeze settlement activities. Palestinians insist on the fact that direct peace cannot resume talks until Israel stops construction of the colony.

Clinton clearly believes that the Israelis and Palestinians are ultimately responsible for their long conflict.

"Unfortunately, as we know, the parties in this conflict often were not ready to take the necessary measures," she says. Moving forward, they must take responsibility and make the difficult decisions requires peace. It starts with a sincere effort to see the world through the eyes of the other side, to try to understand their views and positions. Palestinians must appreciate Israel legitimate security concerns. And Israelis must accept territorial legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people. Ignoring the needs of the other side is ultimately self-defeating.

And she said that the status quo is unsustainable.

"I know that improvements in the safety and prosperity increasing some were convinced that this conflict can be expected or largely ignored", she says. "This view is wrong and it is dangerous."

She said that despite recent setbacks, the United States did not give his effort to draw the parties towards a final settlement. She said that the creation of a Palestinian State in negotiations was "inevitable".

"We will push the parties to address key issues," she says. "We will work with them on the ground continue to lay the groundwork for a future Palestinian State." And we will redouble our regional diplomacy. When a medium is blocked, we will seek another. We do not lose hope and should not the people of the region.

Clinton did not mention often repeated goal administration to reach at least the outline of a final peace settlement in September 2011. This objective has been set when the Palestinian and Israeli leaders came to Washington in September to resume negotiations.

It is committed to remain active, but it offered no new strategy to achieve the peace accord that has another fumble US administrations.

"At the United States is not a passive participant," says. "We will push the parties to submit their positions on substantive issues, without delay, in good faith and with genuine specificity." We will work to reduce disparities, difficult questions and wait for substantive answers. And in our private conversations with stakeholders, we offer our own ideas and bridging proposals where appropriate.

It's just as well as the American position.

Before her remarks, Clinton met with Palestinian Prime Minister and Palestinian negotiator lead, the Minister of Israeli defence, former Premier of Israel Special Envoy of the United Nations in the region.

Thursday, Clinton had long discussions with the Chief negotiator for Israel. Special administration Mideast peace envoy of the visit in the region next week.

She spoke a few days after the United States its bid to convince Israel to renew a gel in the construction of settlement in the West Bank, Palestinian to return the talks stalled request key since a previous slowdown expired at the end of September. Change approach followed months of grueling diplomacy, administration officials, which led them to conclude saying that the emphasis on institutions more strong Israeli objections was a distraction of dealing with fundamental issues such as borders and security.

Emerging from the Department of State, after his talks with Clinton on Friday, the Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat blamed the Government Israel for the breakdown in talks and said the Palestinians will continue to consult with the United States, United Nations, the European Union and the League of Arab States on how to proceed.

"They are solely responsible for derailing the peace process," Erekat told journalists. "The Israeli Government had the choice between institutions and the peace and they chose the institutions". He said the Palestinian position was unchanged and offered no predictions as to what might be the next.

US officials say that their hope is to make progress on safety issues and setting a final border between Israel and a future Palestinian State in talks with two separate parts, which allows a resumption of direct talks and a final peace agreement.

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