Erekat: Palestinians to give US peace effort more time
The Palestinians will give the US several more weeks to try to relaunch direct peace talks with Israel, but will not buckle on their key demand for a halt to Israeli settlement activity, a top Palestinian official said on Thursday.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that an Arab League decision on October 9 giving the US one month to persuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop settlements could slip -- but that the core demand would remain unchanged. (Reuters)
