Martin Indyk, a former US Ambassador to Israel, justifies the PA’s refusal to accept Ehud Olmert’s offer of up to 98% of Judea and Samaria.
Indyk explained away the PA’s intransigence by saying, "The prime minister [Ehud Olmert] was about to have an indictment filed against him, and the foreign minister herself [Tzipi Livni] specifically told both the Americans and the Palestinians: Don't you dare sign the agreement.”
As recently as three months ago, Abbas described his vision of peace as follows: “…a return to our lands in all areas in the 1967 borders. We will not relinquish a single inch of the West Bank, whose area is over 6.2 thousand sq km. It is inconceivable to allow any country to be deprived of its territorial contiguity and its water sources… In general, we do not agree to changing the 1967 borders.”
Indyk explained away the PA’s intransigence by saying, "The prime minister [Ehud Olmert] was about to have an indictment filed against him, and the foreign minister herself [Tzipi Livni] specifically told both the Americans and the Palestinians: Don't you dare sign the agreement.”
As recently as three months ago, Abbas described his vision of peace as follows: “…a return to our lands in all areas in the 1967 borders. We will not relinquish a single inch of the West Bank, whose area is over 6.2 thousand sq km. It is inconceivable to allow any country to be deprived of its territorial contiguity and its water sources… In general, we do not agree to changing the 1967 borders.”
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