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Negotiations are intended to be on two tracks, top down and the other, bottom up

Min. Meridor tells all



I attended a large gathering tonight to hear what Min Dan Meridor had to say. He may not have told all but he told enough for me.

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He answered my first question without the need for me to ask it. Why is Bibi begging for negotiations if he doesn’t intend to make concessions. Meridor: Negotiations are intended to be on two tracks, top down and the other, bottom up. Israel has no expectations that the first will succeed but they expect to build on the work done already in building the Palestinian economy and lifting restrictions and security cooperation. I asked what’s to happen with the freeze agreement that Israel negotiated with the US at the end of the 10 months? Can we build with a vengeance or are we constrained by agreement? Meridor: First of all there was no agreement. (This took me by surprise. Either there are mutual covenants or consideration of there are not. If not, we are not bound.) As to what happens after, we will have to decide whether to amend the freeze or cancel it. Thus it would appear that where we build becomes a matter of negotiations. If the PA want’s the freeze to continue or demands a better one, what will Israel do. If Israel insists on cancelling the freeze then the PA will have to demand a lesser freeze. Meanwhile, Israel wants to continue building from the bottom up. I think Obama agrees with that and will be happy to see it continue. Remember Obama agreed that there would be no preconditions to the talks.


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Ted Belman is a retired lawyer and Editor of Israpundit.org.  He made aliyah from Canada in 2009 and now lives in Jerusalem.


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