Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas granted an interview with Russia Today in which he discussed the current peace process and blamed Israel for the lack of progress. “If Israel wants to talk about the settlements, and about the two states and about the negotiations according to its own thinking on these issues, it means they are willing to put a stick in the cart's wheel. Therefore, I would like to reassure you that I am committed to all international decisions and resolutions in this respect,” he said.

“If I am told by the international community that I did not fulfill a certain paragraph in the negotiations, then I am ready to do it at once without any questioning. But when we review the Roadmap and find out that the Palestinians have fulfilled 90 percent of their commitments while the Israelis haven’t started with any of their commitments, then who is required to push the peace process forward?”