Israel, Palestinians dispute format of Washington peace talks

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian officials put forward clashing formats for peace talks due to resume in Washington on Monday for the first time in nearly three years after intense U.S. mediation.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is due to bring the negotiators together in the evening and on Tuesday to renew talks that broke down in 2010 over Israel's settlement of occupied land where Palestinians seek a state.

Previous attempts to resolve the decades-old conflict had sought to ward off deadlock and the risk of knock-on violence by tackling easier disputes first and deferring the most emotional ones like the fate of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees.

This time "all of the issues that are at the core of a permanent accord will be negotiated simultaneously", Silvan Shalom, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu's cabinet and rightist Likud party, told Israel's Army Radio.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/uk-palestinians-israel-usa-idUKBRE96R0C520130729

[geek tragedy]

1. yeah this is gonna work out just swell nt

[iandhr]

2. Peace talks parody

For the Israeli comedy show Eretz Nehederet

[dipsydoodle]

3. Officials: Indyk to shepherd Mideast peace talks

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry will appoint former U.S. ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk to shepherd Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that are to begin Monday evening in Washington, U.S. officials said Monday.

Kerry plans to name Indyk to be his point man for the talks in a State Department announcement Monday, a day after he announced the resumption of the long-stalled negotiations, the officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly before Kerry announcement.

Indyk, currently at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, served as former President Bill Clinton's ambassador to Israel and was a key part of the failed 2000 Camp David peace talks. He was also a special assistant to Clinton and senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs at the National Security Council from 1993 to 1995. And, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs in the State Department from 1997 to 2000.

Before working in government, Indyk was founding executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MIDEAST_TALKS_KERRY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-07-29-10-21-54

[Bragi]

4. I think I can clear this up

The path forward is as follows:

1. Tiny Palestinian sect of unknown origin will hurl junk rockets onto Sinai desert a mere 25 kms short of nearest illegal Israel settlement.

2. Israeli "hardliners" next launch a dozen missiles into Gaza city hitting markets, schools and hospitals.

3. Talk about talks end while Israel plans another invasion of Lebanon.

Did I miss anything important?

[John2]

5. I think it will end up into another World War,

and that is the only way to settle it. Israel was created after a World War by the United States and its existance will be decided by another World War if the United States politicians have their way. The United States is too racist to be deciding anything in the World fairly. Another World War will decide it once and for all. That is my prediction.