PA head: Israel must agree to 3rd party guarding our borders.
By ASSOCIATED PRESSmahmoud abbas 311(photo credit: AP)
RAMALLAH — The Palestinian president said Saturday that he will go to direct peace talks if Israel accepts its 1967 frontier as a baseline for the borders of a Palestinian state.Mahmoud Abbas also told a Jordanian newspaper that Israel must accept the deployment of an international force in that state.RELATED:Fatah urges Abbas to avoid direct talksObama to PA: Start direct talksThe comments published Saturday suggested that Abbas has eased his demands for renewing negotiations.He did not mention an Israeli settlement freeze. In the past, Abbas portrayed a freeze as crucial.Abbas is under US pressure to resume peace talks. On Saturday, he met with US President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy.Israel has refused to give the Palestinians any assurances concerning the talks.
