23 March 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
Instead of exercising pressure on Israel, the US administration is
currently considering a "lucrative" offer to Israeli Prime Minister
Netanyahu to save the peace process and release a fourth round of
prisoners, the Israeli radio channel Reshet Bet reported.
The Israeli broadcaster quoted Western diplomats as saying that the
US administration is worried about a potential collapse in
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and that it is seeking to submit a
proposal that would enable Netanyahu to convince his government to
approve the release of the fourth round of Palestinian prisoners,
including 1948 Arabs.
The Western diplomatic sources added that the US administration does
not categorically reject Netanyahu's request to free the Israeli spy
Pollard in return for adopting the Framework agreement and freeing Arab
Israeli prisoners.
Furthermore, Israeli officials told Reshet Bet that talks are
facing a real danger, and that if an agreement is not reached regarding
prisoners, the peace talks may collapse altogether. They added that
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has not softened his
stance on the issue of prisoners despite US President Barack Obama's
request, but rather adopted an even more hardline stance.
Link: middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/10462-us-government-considering-lucrative-offer-to-israel-to-save-peace-talks.
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