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13 April 2012 - NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS HEAR OF ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN WILL TO BREAK STALEMATE IN PEACE TALKS, PALESTINIAN PROPOSAL FOR NATO INVOLVEMENT

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Ilan Halevi, a key advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, called for NATO to secure the borders between Palestinian lands and Israel, even prior to any final delineation of borders produced by an eventual peace settlement. Speaking to a meeting of NATO Parliamentarians gathered in Marseilles for a seminar on the Political and Economic Transition in the Maghreb, Machrek and Persian Gulf Countries, Mr Halevi conveyed this proposal on behalf of President Abbas, who, he said, believes that, were NATO to undertake such a mission, it would make a genuine contribution to peace in the Middle East.

Despite calls by both Mr Halevi and Sammy Ravel, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Paris, to break the current stalemate in peace talks, discussions highlighted the profound divergences between both sides on key issues relating to the delineation of borders, Israeli settlements, the return of Palestinian refugees, internal divisions among Palestinians and the role of Hamas, among others. Mr Ravel warned that his country faces myriad threats including rockets attacks from Gaza, terrorism inside its borders and an existential threat arising out of Iran’s nuclear program. Despite these challenges, there is a political consensus in Israel that any final settlement ought to include a two-state solution, he assured participants.
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