"I am convinced that America's mission is to satisfy [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu, and not to continue the peace process," Dahlan claimed. "This will not bring peace, because in the core subjects, one side will not change the stances it presented in the past."Dahlan predicted: "The negotiations' fate is failure."Dahlan also accused of US Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell of leaving "his primary job as a negotiator, and became Netanyahu's public relations person."The Fatah official added that the US pressured the Palestinians to go from indirect to direct talks because of "internal conflicts and Mitchell's failure to convince Netanyahu to make progress on any subject."
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"I am convinced that America's mission is to satisfy [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu, and not to continue the peace process," Dahlan claimed. "This will not bring peace, because in the core subjects, one side will not change the stances it presented in the past."Dahlan predicted: "The negotiations' fate is failure."Dahlan also accused of US Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell of leaving "his primary job as a negotiator, and became Netanyahu's public relations person."The Fatah official added that the US pressured the Palestinians to go from indirect to direct talks because of "internal conflicts and Mitchell's failure to convince Netanyahu to make progress on any subject."