'Failure, Volume XXIVIII ...

Haaretz:

"Netanyahu yesterday rejected a Palestinian demand that direct negotiations be based on a statement by the Quartet confirming its position that the future Palestinian state will be based on the 1967 borders.

Meeting in Jerusalem with U.S. envoy George Mitchell, Netanyahu repeated his demand for the renewal of direct talks without preconditions. Mitchell briefed Netanyahu on his meeting on Tuesday with Palestinian Abbas and gave the prime minister the Palestinian proposal....After Netanyahu's rejection, it appears that Mitchell's latest visit to the region has ended in failure...."