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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has laid down a fresh condition for restarting indirect peace talks: Israeli must first free 2,000 jailed Palestinian terrorists. Abbas raised this new hurdle after manufacturing an accident that forced the US president’s Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, to chase him to the Jordanian capital, Amman, on Monday, March 22.

Abbas’ list includes 323 prisoners sentenced to long terms for brutal terrorist offences before the 1993 Oslo partial peace accords were signed. Israel has refused to trade this group – even to obtain the release of its kidnapped soldier Gilead Shalit from Hamas. The Palestinian leader is perfectly aware of this. Therefore, Monday night, US and Israeli officials concluded finally that Abbas, after stalling for more than a year, remained determined to undermine all prospects of renewed peace negotiations on one pretext or another.

While achieving this purpose, Abbas also challenges his rivals in Hamas for not demanding enough for the Israeli soldier.

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