Abbas Turns Down Calling Israel ‘Jewish’ in Return for Freeze

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
The Palestinian Authority Monday swiftly turned down Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s offer for a renewal of the building freeze if PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas were to recognize Israel as Jewish.

Both Abbas’ spokesman and his chief negotiators told foreign news agencies that Prime Minister Netanyahu can forget about his proposal. Spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah told Reuters, "The issue of the Jewishness of the state has nothing to do with the matter.”
PA negotiator Saeb Erekat told the French news agency AFP, "This order has nothing to do with the peace process or with the obligations that Israel has not implemented. This is completely rejected.”
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