Shortly before Israelis and Palestinians sat down Wednesday for the first direct negotiations here in five years, Israeli warplanes struck two sites in Gaza in response to rockets fired from the Palestinian enclave. The rocket fire and counterattack showed the obstacles the talks face in achieving Washington’s stated goal of reaching a resolution within nine months. With animosity and distrust high, the talks were shrouded in secrecy, lest any detail leak out and further inflame the participants. An Israeli official involved in the process said the idea was for “serious, intensive and intimate negotiations” aimed at achieving the most progress possible with the least amount of public engagement.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:34:04 +0000
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