Attack on 2 Israeli Settlers Rattles Peace Negotiations

[Gunny]

By ISABEL KERSHNER
Published: December 31, 2007

JERUSALEM — The circumstances surrounding the killing of two Israeli settlers by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank on Friday remained shrouded in confusion on Sunday, with three Palestinian militias, including one connected with President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah organization, claiming responsibility for the attack.

The prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, who is engaged in peace talks with Mr. Abbas, said Sunday that Israel would be “unable to carry out any changes on the ground” that might expose Jewish residents to danger as long as the Abbas-led Palestinian Authority “does not take the necessary measures, with the necessary strength, to act against the terrorist organizations.”

The Palestinian Authority and international aid organizations have long pressed Israel to ease its security regime in the West Bank, especially to remove some of the hundreds of army roadblocks and checkpoints that hinder the movement of people and goods.

Mr. Olmert’s comments came as a right-wing minister in his governing coalition, Eli Yishai, of the religious Shas Party, called on the prime minister to break off negotiations with the Palestinians because of the killings.

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Back to Square One. Shameful of those "Chews" to throw themselves in front of those Arab bullets.

 

[Shogun]

oh I know... hey, at least they are chosen enough to qualify for histtoric consideration while the first in the "let's ignore uncomfortable historic rhetoric" line.