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Blair believes peace possible in a year Jun 19 09 Abbas meets Mitchell in Ramallah Jun 11 09 Abu Marzouq calls on Obama to hold direct talks with Hamas Jun 09 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryAbbas will issues decrees for early legislative electionsPalestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday that the issue of early legislative and presidential elections will be disused by the Central Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and that decrees for early elections will be issued in the near future. In a press release in Ramallah following his meeting with Javier Solana, the European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Abbas said that he is pleased with the cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and the European Union. He added that the upcoming Quartet meeting will discuss the Israeli-Palestinian talks, and that the US President George Bush also called for an international summit next fall. Abbas also said that he and Solana also discussed his recent meeting with Olmert, and stated that the Palestinian leadership will continue its efforts to advance the peace process. Abbas stated that the Palestinians always asked for an international conference, and expressed hope that the upcoming conference will lead to advancing the peace process. He also said that he informed Solana on the harsh conditions the Palestinians are facing, especially the humanitarian crises in the Gaza Strip which is totally isolated from the rest of the World. Commenting on the Hamas control in Gaza, Abbas told Solana that what Hamas did is a coup against legitimacy, and that he will not hold any talks with Hamas unless its ends its coup, adding that the early elections will be called for in the near future. Hamas rejects the early elections and considers them as a coup against it since it won the vast majority of the legislative council seats during last years’ elections. The international embargo and the Israeli siege paralyzed the conducts of the government, even after a unity deal was signed with Fateh. On his part, Solana stated that the European Union supports Abbas and the Palestinian people, adding that there will be initiative for peace in the coming days. It is worth mentioning that the Quartet committee (The US, EU, UN and Russia) will convene on Wednesday. |