Palestinian, ’’Israeli’’ Negotiators in Harsh Confrontation

Local Editor

During their fourth meeting in Jordan, the chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and the head of "Israeli" delegation Yitzhak Molcho went into a bitter confrontation.

"Haaretz "Israeli" daily reported that Erekat and Molcho exchanged harsh words in front of their Jordanian hosts.

Molcho and Erekat are due to meet in Jordan on Wednesday for the fifth time, a day ahead of the January 26 deadline set by the Palestinians for "Israel" to present their position on the question of borders.

Threatening to leave the talks in Jordan if "Israel" does not declare its stance by the set deadline, a senior "Israeli" official stressed to "Haaretz" that "the Palestinians will carry out the threat, leaving the talks and creating a diplomatic crisis to put pressure on "Israel"."

"The Palestinians are preparing the ground for abandonment and for closing the door," the senior "Israeli" official said.

Source: Haaretz, Edited by moqawama.org