Head of Palestinian delegation presents ‘final proposal’ to Egyptians
By JPOST.COM STAFF08/19/2014 21:20
Palestinian delegation waits for Israeli response, says team is meeting in the next few hours to try to salvage negotiations following renewed rocket fire and departure of Israeli delegation from Egypt.
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Palestinian sources said on Tuesday evening that little progress has been made after a nine-hour meeting in Cairo, where Egyptian-mediated negotiations are currently underway.
The head of the Palestinian delegation Azzam al-Ahmad said his negotiating team presented their final proposal to the Egyptians for a cease-fire agreement and was waiting for a final response from the Israeli delegation.
In a statement, the chief negotiator said the Israeli delegation was trying to impose what they want which was ” impossible to accept as Palestinians.” He criticized Israel for their continued “procrastination,”
“We have 5 hours ahead of us,” Al-Ahmad said, adding that “we hope to receive a response before this time so that we can determine the next step”
He said the Palestinians “exercised flexibility to the maximum extent possible.”
The team is slated to meet over the next few hours to try and salvage the negotiations.
Izzat al-Rishq, a Hamas representative said there was no agreement between the two sides, up until now, and expressed little hope for future talks.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, the air force has struck around 30 targets so far in response to Palestinian rocket attacks that led to a collapse of the truce.
Eight rockets were fired into Israel on Tuesday, thus far.
For it’s part US State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said the US was concerned about the recent developments in the conflict. She condemned the renewed fire from Gaza and reiterated Israel’s right to defend itself.
“We call for an immediate end to hostilities and rocket fire and call on both parties to go back to cease-fire talks.”
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