Palestinian leader rejects international peace blueprint
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suggested Saturday that he would reject a peacemaking blueprint put forward by international mediators, saying he would not agree to any proposal that disregards Palestinian conditions for resuming peacemaking.
But he appeared to tip his hand by saying that "we will not deal with any initiative" that doesn't demand a halt to Israeli settlement construction or negotiations based on borders that existed before the 1967 war when Israel captured land the Palestinians claim for their state. (AP)
