Clinton-Abbas hold ‘productive talks’ but no word on meeting with Netanyahu

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held “productive” talks on moving Israeli-Palestinian negotiations forward in Paris Friday. The two leaders held face-to-face talks — their first since 2011 — alongside the Friends of Syria meeting, some 10 days before Clinton’s scheduled visit to the region.

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Abbas told Clinton he did not get an answer from Netanyahu on his demand for the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel since before the Oslo Accords. Abbas called the prisoners’ release a pre-condition to meeting with Netanyahu, who in turn, has said the issue could be resolved when they meet, Israel Radio reported.

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Since peace talks between the PA and Israel broke down in the fall of 2010, the PA has also demanded that Israel halt all settlement expansion as a condition for resuming negotiations. Netanyahu has offered to meet Abbas without preconditions.


http://www.timesofisrael.com/clinton-abbas-meet-in-effort-to-push-forward-peace-negotiations/

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1. negotiations to create both arab and jewish states then ?

so does "negotiations without preconditions" mean Netanyahu has u-turned on his previous stance that the Palestinian Jews claim to statehood has to be conceded prior to peace negotiations rather than as a result of bona fide negotiations ? "those who want peace with Israel need to recognize Israel. This is elementary" http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-israel-could-support-palestinian-state-before-september-under-right-conditions-1.360074