Amr Moussa: Israeli-Palestinian talks on hold

biden abbas huggingPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not enter into indirect peace talks with Israel as planned, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said overnight Wednesday, due to the approval of plans to build 1,600 housing units in Ramat Shlomo in east Jerusalem.

“The Palestinian president has decided that he does not intend to enter negotiations at this stage,” Moussa said at a press conference in Cairo.

Moussa’s comments came after visiting US Vice President Joe Biden condemned the plan for the second time in 24 hours, this time standing in Ramallah next to Abbas.

“Yesterday the decision by the Israeli government to advance planning for new housing units in east Jerusalem undermined that very trust, the trust that we need right now in order to begin as well as have profitable negotiations. That is why I immediately condemned the action,” Biden said after meeting Abbas.

Discussion

View Comments for “Amr Moussa: Israeli-Palestinian talks on hold”


Please respect the community. Comments that contain personal attacks or inappropriate language will be removed.
  • Sam Jawad

    To all those who keep saying, HEZBOLLAH needs to shutup, “dont give Israel an excuse to attack us” and so…When will you all WAKE UP! Israel dosnt and never did WANT PEACE. There hole rational is to always stay in a state of prepetuial WAR! Israel WILL ALWAYS THREATEN LEBANON IF WE DONT STAND UP TOGETHER AS COUNTRY! Look what they have done are are constantly doing to the PA! WAKE UP MY FRIENDS WE NEED TO STOP THESE IN BICKERINGS AND ARGUEEING THAT ONLY AID THE TRUE ENEMY, ISRAEL!

  • Alan

    Ummm hizballah dosn’t fight for Lebanon, it fights for Iran! They are the puppets of the monkey – Ahmadinejad. They follow his orders. The persians use arabs to do there work. Israel will end in 2022, and no it is not hizballah who will fight them to the end! It is written in the Quran and the Torah that Israel and the jews will be no more and so the reason the zionists are building all these homes is to make sure that dosnt happen. But in time they will be all gone.

  • S Jawad

    Alan hmmm last i checked Hezbollah kicked Israel out of Lebanon not Iran! I hate when people spew idotic sayings like “They are the puppets of the monkey – Ahmadinejad.” BACK IT UP! Weres your proof! Or is that what u hear and like a broken radio all you do is repeat the same moronic phrase!
    Then you said:
    “The persians use arabs to do there work. Israel will end in 2022, and no it is not hizballah who will fight them to the end! It is written in the Quran and the Torah”

    This ones really laughable! What verse was that again in the Quran and Bible again! Brother do yourself a favor, if you want to have a serious debate approach it, with sensibility, and logic, not blind hatered!
    Salem

  • Alan

    hahaha you are really a supporter of persians! Buddy isreal still had a land occupied in the south of lebanon, just a couple weeks ago they decided to leave!!!! Go to lebanon once in your life and you will see what hizballah is trying to do! They will never create a shia state like Iran did!!! Stupid people! And you are really really an idiot for not knowing 2022 is the end of the jews! I didnt say bible I said the Torah and the Quran! Go read and stop getting brain washed by the monkeys!

  • Nazih Massoud

    Losers never admit the fact that they are losers.they keep repeating themselves as kicked Israel out , defeat the enemy victory to Hezbollah…and so on:the same old record over and over.they get to a point that they start believing them selves.Israel is staying and not going no where.Israel and the state of Palestine to be and Lebanon will be in peace side by side for ever.the year 2020 will come and we gonna be laughing at one another in the memory of what we were arguing about if we live by that time .

  • Alan

    Go away Zionist!

  • Nazih Massoud

    No thanks for calling me Zionist.I know how you feel.The truth hurts you.You will find out in the year 2022 that i am right.The concept that country destroy other country and religion demolish another is null.we live in the 21 st century,civilized society.

blog comments powered by Disqus
ArabicChinese (Simplified)EnglishFrenchGermanItalianPersianRussianSpanishTurkish

Translate Ya Libnan


Advertise With Us


Follow Ya Libnan on Twitter @ya_libnan

Recent Comments

Ya Libnan Café Ya Libnan Online Shop