Erakat: Abbas to Discuss With Sharon the Final Settlement Issues
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RAMMALLAH, Palestine, September 20,2005 (IPC+ Al Ayam Daily)-- The local
newspaper "Al Ayam" quoted, in its online edition, Dr. Sa'b Erakat, chief
negotiator, saying " in Sharon -Abbas meeting slated
early October will focus on a number of issues , first and foremost, the final
settlement issues; borders, refugees, water and others.

Erakat explained that the president Abbas "will set forth in the meeting the
Israeli withdrawal issue from Gaza Strip and not make Gaza first and last.
It should be attached with other withdrawals from the West Bank and
Jerusalem, meant a withdrawal to 1967 borders in order to establish a
sovereign Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as the capital as penciled in by
the international resolutions."

As the Palestinians are concerned about turning Gaza Strip into a big jail,
the chief negotiator made clear that the president Abbas will request Sharon
for a full Palestinian control on the border terminals and crossings and the
airport as well as uplifting the restrictions strained the free movement of
the residents and goods amongst the districts of the West Bank and Gaza
Strip.

In the anticipated meeting, as Erakat added, the President will stress on
the need toi stop all forms of settlement activities in the West Bank and
halt the ongoing construction of the Apartheid wall.

On the meeting's agenda also, the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary voting,
scheduled on 25 January and the Israeli remarks, spurring insolent
intervention in the Palestinian internal affairs.

Erakat hoped Israel to live up its due obligations in such high sensitive
profile for the Palestinian political life in addition to its commitments in
terms of the Road Map peace plan and set a specified date to allow things
back to pre 28 September 2000, mainly representing in the uplift of all
forms of siege, the release of all the Palestinian prisoners under no
criterion and solve the wanted people and deportees issue.

Questioned about whether the issue of releasing the prisoners from Gaza
Strip after the Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, would be raised on the
table, Erakat remarked "any negotiation could deliberate over the issue of
the detainees of Gaza Strip in the Israeli jails aside of the other
prisoners from Jerusalem, West Bank and the Green Line."