"... In his speech, Abbas referred to recent proposals for a temporary state but did not elaborate. "Frankly, we will not accept the state with temporary borders, because it is being offered these days," he said.
He said the Palestinians were being asked to "take a state with provisional borders on 40 or 50 percent, and after that we will see (haven't the Oslo bunch been doing just that since eternity?)."
An Israeli newspaper reported earlier this week that Netanyahu made such a proposal. However, Abbas aide Nabil Abu Rdeneh and an Israeli government official both denied that Israel formally presented the idea. The Israeli official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the diplomatic contacts. A Palestinian academic said Israel offered Abbas such a state on more than 50 percent of the West Bank. ......
(Meanwhile) In the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Israeli gunfire wounded two Palestinians and a woman from Malta who were among a group of protesters marching toward the border with Israel,..........."
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