Abbas says settlement freeze not enough

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the 19-month settlement freeze as insufficient, saying Palestinians don't accept Israel's tack in trying to restart peace negotiations. He said during his first visit to Venezuela that "we can't accept the current Israeli government's concept for the negotiations." 

"We don't have any condition to restarting negotiations except the commitment of the two sides to the foundations of the peace operation according to the road map, and especially stopping the expansionist activities of the Israelis," Abbas told lawmakers. (AP)