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Netanyahu: Palestinians must recognize 'Jewish state'
Date: 16 / 04 / 2009 Time: 21:35
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US envoy George Mitchell on Thursday that Palestinians must first recognize Israel as a "Jewish state" as a precondition for peace talks.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a senior official in Netanyahu's office as saying that "Israel expects the Palestinians to first recognize Israel as a Jewish state before talking about two states for two peoples."
A similar demand by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had caused major disagreements during the US-sponsored Annapolis peace conference under the term of President George W Bush, where Palestinian officials refused to recognize Israel as exclusively Jewish since over one fifth of its citizens are either Muslim or Christian.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=37167
Date: 16 / 04 / 2009 Time: 21:35
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US envoy George Mitchell on Thursday that Palestinians must first recognize Israel as a "Jewish state" as a precondition for peace talks.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a senior official in Netanyahu's office as saying that "Israel expects the Palestinians to first recognize Israel as a Jewish state before talking about two states for two peoples."
A similar demand by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had caused major disagreements during the US-sponsored Annapolis peace conference under the term of President George W Bush, where Palestinian officials refused to recognize Israel as exclusively Jewish since over one fifth of its citizens are either Muslim or Christian.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=37167