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Commentary U.S. seeks to relaunch direct Mideast peace talks Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News Palestinians welcome Quartet statement on peace talks 12:08pm EDT Q+A: U.S. faces challenges in Israeli-Palestinian talks 2:41pm EDT Statement by Middle East Quartet on peace talks 11:56am EDT Analysis & Opinion Iraq, America and hired guns On WikiLeaks, Pakistan and Afghanistan; the tip of an old iceberg Related Topics World » Secretary of State Hillary Clinton briefs reporters on the Middle East Peace Process at the State Department Briefing Room in Washington August 20. 2010. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque By Andrew Quinn and Douglas Hamilton WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM | Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:16pm EDT WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States and other powers on Friday asked Israel and the Palestinians to restart direct talks on September 2, a modest step toward the larger goal of forging a deal within 12 months to create a Palestinian state and bring peace to one of the world's most intractable conflicts. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would meet with President Barack Obama on September 1, before formally resuming direct negotiations the following day at the State Department. "There have been difficulties in the past, there will be difficulties ahead," Clinton said in a statement, adding that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah would also be invited to the talks which will mark the first direct negotiations between the two sides in 20 months. "I ask the parties to persevere, to keep moving forward even through difficult times and to continue working to achieve a just and lasting peace in the region." Clinton's announcement was echoed by the Quartet of Mideast peace mediators -- the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations -- which issued its own invitation to the talks and underscored that a deal could be reached within a year. Netanyahu quickly accepted Clinton's invitation and said reaching a deal would be possible but hard. "We are coming to the talks with a genuine desire to reach a peace agreement between the two peoples that will protect Israel's national security interests, foremost of which is security," a statement from his office said. Palestinian leaders, meanwhile, welcomed the Quartet invitation, which a senior official said "contains the elements needed to provide for a peace agreement." "It can be done in less than a year," Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat told Reuters. "The most important thing now is to see to it that the Israeli government refrains from settlement activities, incursions, fait accomplis policies." SETTLEMENT ISSUE The twin invitations highlight the challenge in bringing the two sides together after decades of hostility, mutual suspicion and a string of failed peace efforts. The Quartet statement was aimed at the Palestinians, who believe that the group's repeated calls for Israel to stop building settlements in the West Bank and accept a Palestinian state within the borders of land occupied since the 1967 Middle East war are a guarantee of the parameters for the talks. Clinton's invitation was aimed at Netanyahu, agreeing with his demand that the talks should take place "without preconditions" and giving little sense of any terms which the Israeli leader fears could box him in. Middle East analysts say the peace process, which began in the early 1990s, established the basic outlines of a deal acceptable to both sides and identified crunch issues remaining to be thrashed out -- though most say the task is daunting. Clinton said the talks should include the "final status" issues such as the boundaries of a future Palestinian state, Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the right of return of Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem. She urged both sides to refrain from provocative acts. "As we move forward, it is important that actions by all sides help to advance our effort, not hinder it," Clinton said. U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, who spent months persuading both sides to restart direct talks, said the onus was now on them to produce results, although he said the United States could offer "bridging proposals" if necessary. The Washington talks also signal a deeper personal involvement by Obama, who has repeatedly said that resolving the impasse between Palestinians and Israel is one of his chief diplomatic priorities. "He is putting his political future into the process," said Middle East analyst Stephen Cohen, president of the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development. "He has entered a process that is supposed to reach its conclusion just at the time when he is going to be running heavily for president again, so he will have a lot riding on this," Cohen said. Others have just as much riding on the talks. In one year, the Palestinian Authority government plans to have established all the attributes of statehood, raising speculation that it might declare independence should talks fail to make progress on a "final status" treaty. DIFFERENCES WON'T DISAPPEAR Abbas, whose Fatah party rules the West Bank, broke off talks with the previous Israeli prime minister in 2008. Contacts were frozen after Israel's massive offensive in the Gaza Strip in that same year against Hamas. Mitchell, speaking after Clinton's announcement, said the climate of mistrust would have to be overcome. "We don't expect all of those differences to disappear when talks begin. Indeed, we expect that they will be presented, debated, discussed, and that differences are not going to be resolved immediately," Mitchell said, adding that a final peace deal was in everyone's interest. Anthony Cordesman, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the real test would be how soon and how thoroughly the root causes of the conflict are addressed. "If they simply have a set of episodic meetings you know you haven't made progress ... but if they are followed by continuing talks at the working level, you know that something serious is going on," Cordesman said. "It is dangerous to assume that we are going to be able to rush forward." The Islamist group Hamas, which controls Gaza and refuses to renounce violence against Israel, said the proposed peace talks would do nothing to help the Palestinian cause. Mitchell said Hamas would have no role in the peace talks. Getting the talks under way soon is important as Israel's 10-month moratorium on Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank is due to end on September 26 and a return to settlement construction could sink the talks for good. (Additional reporting by Mohammed Assadi in Ramallah, Jeff Mason in Massachusetts, Luke Baker in Brussels, Joseph Nasr in Jerusalem; editing by Eric Beech) World Comments See All Comments (9) | Post Comment Aug 20, 2010 3:41pm EDT That Sec. Clinton would immediately side with Israel’s position is troubling, since most of the World sees the U.S. as Israel’s banker and lawyer more thant a neutral Peace Broker: “Israel, however, says the direct talks should begin with no preconditions and Clinton said on Friday she believed this was the way to move forward.” Why not stop the Settlements and dismantle them now and forever, since they are illegal and in violation of George Bush’s “Road Map to Peace” saavedra Report As Abusive Aug 20, 2010 3:41pm EDT That Sec. Clinton would immediately side with Israel’s position is troubling, since most of the World sees the U.S. as Israel’s banker and lawyer more thant a neutral Peace Broker: “Israel, however, says the direct talks should begin with no preconditions and Clinton said on Friday she believed this was the way to move forward.” Why not stop the Settlements and dismantle them now and forever, since they are illegal and in violation of George Bush’s “Road Map to Peace” saavedra Report As Abusive Aug 20, 2010 3:41pm EDT That Sec. Clinton would immediately side with Israel’s position is troubling, since most of the World sees the U.S. as Israel’s banker and lawyer more thant a neutral Peace Broker: “Israel, however, says the direct talks should begin with no preconditions and Clinton said on Friday she believed this was the way to move forward.” Why not stop the Settlements and dismantle them now and forever, since they are illegal and in violation of George Bush’s “Road Map to Peace” saavedra Report As Abusive Aug 20, 2010 3:42pm EDT Ever hear of a band call “Dead Presidents”? Well, the game of support the other Middle-East countries play could easily be called “Dead Palestinians.” Since 1936 the rest of the world has been willing and eager to create a state for Palestinians. The Arabs and Persians have found it much more advantageous to use them as pawns against the Jews and the West in general. Don’t get your hopes up. Israel can stand on its head and sing We Are the World and the Palestinian leadership (and its puppet-masters) will find an excuse to sabotage peace. tergen Report As Abusive Aug 20, 2010 3:52pm EDT ….whats the point? Every President I can remember has worked on “Mideast Peace”. It does no good. These people have hated each other for thousands of years. Signing a document will change nothing. Instead of wasting time on issues you cannot effect, why not get our sons and daughters out of every combat area on the planet. The rest of the world does not appreciate our actions or respect us as a people. Let them all fend for themselves and save our childrens lives and our Nations Treasure. ArcticFireGuy Report As Abusive Aug 20, 2010 4:01pm EDT Different definition of peace Arabs: A temporary agreement that will give them the land they lost when they attacked Israel,—- and later to destroy Israel Israel: A long lasting peace for the Jewish state leaving peacefully along the Arab world forever The Arabs refuse to recognize that Jews are entitled to their sovereign country- Israel. America can lead the free world to create the conditions for peace. But peace cannot be imposed by foreign powers. The only way peace can happen is if Arab leaders take a stand publically and work to this goal. Reading what Arab leaders say to their people in Arabic, I think we will continue to be disappointed of not achieving peace MORDECHAYARIELY Report As Abusive Aug 20, 2010 4:01pm EDT OMD what has happened to Hillary she looks like she had a long night humpin in bed with Bill… The Jews should STOP building homes on other people’s land. GalacticCat Report As Abusive Aug 20, 2010 4:06pm EDT “…This just in…Peace Talks rip through Lebanon, thousands killed….” BurnerJack Report As Abusive Aug 20, 2010 4:38pm EDT As a precondition for beginning talks, Palestinians must lay down and die. Then we’ll get started. How’s that sound guys? WittgensteinIII Report As Abusive See All Comments (9) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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. 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