"... Envoy George Mitchell had hoped to lay the groundwork for such a meeting next week, perhaps also attended by President Barack Obama at the periphery of next week's United Nation General Assembly in New York.But chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, speaking to European Union consuls in Jerusalem, said the Palestinians are sticking to their demand for a total halt to Israeli settlement activity before talks can take place."There is no agreement yet with the Israeli side and no middle ground solution," Erekat said.Beyond the settlement freeze issue, Erekat added that the current stalemate also centered on setting the agenda for peace talks, and the Palestinian demand to include core issues such as the future status of Jerusalem and the return of Palestinian refugees.The demand effectively rejects an offer by President Shimon Peres which proposed that new talks would center exclusively on border disputes.The Palestinians added that they were also disappointed by the American refusal to declare the borders of June 4, 1967 as the official border between Israel and a future Palestinian state...."
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But, but, but... they said that Mitchell was a nice guy, and he made those Irish people all happy, and did you know his mother was Lebanese, and, and and
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