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Mexico mulls 2-year marriage Awlaki and the Arab autumn Related Topics World » United Nations » Israel » Related Video Familiar sounds in Mideast peace calls Sun, Oct 2 2011 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint news conference with his Czech counterpart Petr Necas (not pictured) after their meeting in Jerusalem September 15, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Gali Tabbon/Pool By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM | Sun Oct 2, 2011 8:29pm EDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accepted on Sunday a call by international mediators to resume peace talks with the Palestinians, who quickly reaffirmed their refusal to negotiate until settlement-building stops on land they seek for state. "Israel welcomes the Quartet call for direct negotiations between the parties without preconditions," the statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said. "Israel calls on the Palestinian Authority to do the same and to enter into direct negotiations without delay." The four mediators -- the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations -- responded to a Palestinian application for full membership at the U.N. on September 23 by urging both sides to resume talks within a month. Israel and the United States oppose the unilateral bid launched by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after two decades of on-again, off-again negotiations failed to establish a Palestinian state. Asked about Netanyahu's acceptance of the Quartet's initiative, Nabil Abu Rdainah, a spokesman for Abbas, said "returning to negotiations requires Israel to commit to stopping settlement." Abu Rdainah said Israel also must recognize the "1967 borders" lines that existed before its occupation of the West Bank in a Middle East war that year. Citing security concerns, Netanyahu has balked at U.S. President Barack Obama's proposal to use those lines as the starting point for statehood negotiations with the Palestinians, who have yet to respond formally to the Quartet's call. Complicating the forum's efforts and drawing a chorus of international criticism, Israel announced plans on Tuesday to build 1,100 new homes in Gilo, on annexed land near Jerusalem. Israeli cabinet ministers who initially balked at accepting the Quartet proposal changed their minds on Sunday, at least in part as a bid to ease global anger at the latest settlement construction plan, an Israeli political source said. Israel considers all of Jerusalem, including the eastern areas captured in 1967 as its capital, a claim that is not recognized internationally. It says Gilo will remain in its control under any future peace deal. Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of the state they hope to establish in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, an enclave controlled by Abbas's Hamas Islamist rivals since 2007. Some 500,000 Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, areas home to 2.5 million Palestinians. Israeli settlements, Palestinians say, will deny them a viable country. Israel cites historical and Biblical links to the land. U.S.-brokered peace talks collapsed a year ago after Netanyahu refused to extend a partial moratorium on construction in West Bank settlements. He has given no indication he would be prepared to agree to another freeze to coax Palestinians back into talks. The Quartet, saying it aimed for a peace agreement by the end of 2012, has urged both sides to refrain from "provocative actions." In accepting the Quartet's call, Israel said it had "some concerns" about the proposal, such as the 2012, the Israeli source told reporters on condition of anonymity. Israel also wants the talks to focus on core conflict issues such as refugees and Jerusalem, and not only borders and security as the Quartet has proposed, said the source. Despite these reservations, Israeli cabinet ministers agreed to accept the proposal figuring the Palestinians "would in any case not agree to attend these negotiations," the source said. At the U.N. on Friday, a Security Council panel on admitting new members to the U.N. met for the first time on the Palestinian membership bid. It was the beginning of an assessment process that will pit the aid-dependent Palestinians against Israel, and the United States, which has said it would veto the bid in the Security Council if necessary. Some diplomats have suggested the issue could stay with the membership committee for weeks or months before it is passed back to the Security Council for a vote, giving mediators more time to try to restart peace talks. (Additional reporting by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Michael Roddy/Rosalind Russell) World United Nations Israel Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (3) paintcan wrote: It is amazing there isn’t a single comment here. The Palestinians have a very reasonable demand that the Israelis cease and desist from expanding the illegal settlements until the future status of the West Bank is established. The determination that those settlements are illegal is a matter of very broad world opinion, and has been done in violation of many years of UN resolutions. They are not the unreasonable party in the dispute. It is situations like this that prove the need for courts of higher appeal than those of sovereign states. Not even war will solve the problem. And the rest of the planet has more than sufficient standing to have an opinion because it is the rest of the member states of the UN who have been supporting so many of the basic needs of the Palestinians. Oct 02, 2011 12:14am EDT -- Report as abuse brian-decree wrote: “…who quickly reaffirmed their refusal to negotiate until settlement-building stops on land they seek for state.” I love this sentence, but NO this is land the Palestinians actually own. What happens is that the Israelis come onto their land, where they are living in their houses, kick them off, beat them up and sometimes kill them, demolish their houses, farms and businesses and build a ‘settlement’ right on top of them. That’s why the world has declared them ILLEGAL settlements! And Reuters would do well to remind us of the FACTUAL context of the settlement situation instead of misleading implication, personal opinion and propaganda. Another thing, it’s not a refusal to negotiate by the Palestinians… The Israelis have refused to negotiate on illegal settlements, THAT is why the peace process has broken down! Oct 03, 2011 1:42am EDT -- Report as abuse brian-decree wrote: This is just a stunt by Israel and America to make it look like Israel is the one interested in peace. Nothing could be further from the truth. They already knew what the Palestinian answer to this would be in the strongest possible terms, so why put on the charade? This is America and Israel in true nature.. They will say ANYTHING to get their way, and do the absolute opposite the very next day! ZERO credibility. Oct 03, 2011 1:45am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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